The Liberators: The Liberation by the Criminal Army! Poster
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 10.430 inches (26.492 cm) | Width: 18.070 inches (45.898 cm) | Depth: 20.510 inches (52.095 cm)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Scope and Content
Political poster of the French resistance group Manouchian network. In February of 1944, this poster appeared all over France. The Gestapo executed these men. Their leader was an Armenian name Missak Manouchian. The Poster was meant to make an example of these ten partisans whose faces appear.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
RECTO: Red and black poster with black and white photographs of ten men. Printing at top of poster: "DES LIBERATEURS?..." [The liberators?] Beneath this sentence there are ten black and white photographs of men, their faces in rondos, with a caption beneath each face. The ten rondos form an upside down triangle and the captions read, clockwise, 1) "GRZYWACZ Juif polonais 2 attentats" 2) ELEK Juif hongrois 8 deraillements" 3) "WASJBROT Juif polonais 1 attentat 3 deraillements" 4) "WITCHITZ Juif hongrois 15 attentats" 5) "FINGERWEIG Juif polonais 3 attentats 5 deraillements" 6) "FONTANOT communiste italien 12 attentats" 7) "RAYMAN Juif polonais 13 attentats" 8) "[caption on top of photo] MANOUCHIAN armenien chef du bande 56 attentats 150 morts 600 blesses" 9) "ALFONSO espagnol rouge 7 attentats" 10) "BOCZOV Juif hongrois chef derailleur 20 attentats." Across bottom of poster are the words "LA LIBERATION PAR L'ARMEE DU CRIME!" [The liberation by the Criminal Army!] bottom half of the poster is a montage of six black and white photographs, three of damaged train cars, one shot of armaments, one shot that appears to be a corpse and the final image is a torso which appears to have bullet holes. VERSO: "VOICI LA PREUVE SI DES FRANCAIS PILLENT, VOLENT, SABOTENT ET TUENT...CE SONT TOUJOURS DES ETRANGERS QUI LES COMMANDENT. CE [illegible] DES CHOMEURS ET DES CRIMINELS PROFESSIONELS QUI EXECUTENT. CE [illegible] DES JUIFS QUI LES INSPIRENT. C'EST L'ARMEE DU CRIME CONTRE LA FRANCE. LE BANDITISME N'EST PAS L'EXPRESSION DU PATRIOTISME BLESSE C'EST LE COMPLOT ETRANGER CONTRE LA VIE DE FRANCEAIS ET CONTRE LA SOUVERAINETE DE LA FRANCE C'EST LE COMPLOT DE L'ANTI-FRANCE!...C'EST LE REVE MONDIAL DU SADISME JUIF...ETRANGLONS-LE AVANT QU'IL NOUS ETRANGLE NOUS NOUS FEMMES, ET NOS ENFANTS!"
Genre
- Object
- Posters