WORLD WAR II 1942 WAR POSTER PAIR.
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Winning Bid:
$171.34
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 6, 2019 9:00:00 PM)
Item Description
Pair of war posters issued in 1942. 28x38" poster shows hooded and handcuffed man w/"This Is Nazi Brutality" text along w/telegram design that reads "Radio Berlin. -- It Is Officially Announced: - All Men Of Lidice- Czechoslovakia - Have Been Shot: - The Women Deported To A Concentration Camp: - The Children Sent To Appropriate Centers -- The Name Of The Village Was Immediately Abolished. 6/1//42/115P." Lidice was a town completely destroyed by German forces in reprisal for the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in late Spring 1942. On June 10, 1942, all 173 men over 16 years of age from the village were executed. Several hundred women and over 100 children were deported to concentration camps; the few children considered racially suitable for re-education were handed over to SS families and the rest were sent to an extermination camp where they were gassed to death. This is one of just two posters designs by Ben Shahn that were published, though its powerful depiction of brutality is a classic World War II poster and helped inform the world as to Nazi Germany's true character. Folded as issued w/some corner creases at left as well as corresponding creases at left center. Fine/VF, but would display nicely if framed. 28x40" OWI poster #8 published by US Government Printing Office #0-488341, 1942. Art by David Stone Martin features image of raised arms of soldier and two workers (man and woman), holding rifle and tools. Text reads "Strong In The Strength Of The Lord We Who Fight In The People's Cause Will Never Stop Until That Cause Is Won." Folded as issued, poster has some small splits at fold crease intersections and trace margins wear w/.25" to .5" edge tear at folds. Fine.
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