Stalin
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Spanish postcard, ca. 1943
Text: Swear to me, Stalin of my soul, that you will not allow yourself to be “conquered” by anyone. / Don’t be stupid, Winston, and think about the honeymoon that awaits you. Year: ca. 1943. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: Part of a comic series, the postcard shows Stalin and Churchill as lovers beneath…
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Boomerang (Russian emigre cartoon, 1951)
Text: Boomerang. Year: 1951. Publisher: Satirikon. Artist: N. Ir-sky (Н. Ир-ского). Additional information: Cartoon shows Stalin as a caveman being struck by the hammer-and-sickle boomerang he’s just fruitlessly flung at the West. Flags seem to be Russia, US, UK, France and Belgium.
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Roman Communists! Khrushchev has fallen (Italian poster, 1964)
Text: Roman Communists! Khrushchev has fallen, Stalin is vindicated – Long live the glorious comrade Stalin! Year: 1964. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: Poster displayed in Rome, 1964, celebrating Khrushchev’s downfall. The poster is signed ‘I compagni cinesi’, or ‘The Chinese Comrades’. Khrushchev was removed from power during a plot arranged by his successor…
