A Large 1942 American Propaganda Poster: “This Is Nazi Brutality” GTRexclude very rigid

very rigid

hand engraved design on the obverse

17th of July 1943

issued to immediate family members of service members killed in combat

applique in silver gilt and enamels

A Large 1942 American Propaganda Poster: “This Is Nazi Brutality” GTRexclude very rigidA propaganda poster entitled This is Nazi brutality. It measures 720x960mm, near mint condition. The picture was drawn by artist Ben Shahn (18981969), showing a handcuffed man with a sack over his head. It is a reaction to the Lidice massacre, during which all men of the Czech village were shot and the women and children sent to concentration camps. Footnote: The massacre was ordered by Hitler and Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler as a reprisal for the