NOTICE = INFORMATION Dual language text only poster in yellow and black announcing sabotage penalties for attacks against the German occupying forces
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 29.250 inches (74.295 cm) | Width: 42.625 inches (108.268 cm)
Creator(s)
- Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich [Military Commander in France] (Manufacturer)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Gary and Nina Wexler.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gary and Nina Wexler
Scope and Content
Broadside in French and German announcing severe penalties for murders, assassinations, and acts of sabotage against the German Army in France during the German occupation, 1941-1944. Family members of saboteurs and trouble makers will be punished, including forced labor and death, if the saboteurs do not turn themselves in. People are encouraged to turn in saboteurs and trouble makers to the French and German police. It is issued by the Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich [Military Commander in France].
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Offset lithograph text only poster on paper with text in black ink on a yellow background. There are 2 columns of text, the left in German, the right in French, with a bold font title at the top: the two sides are divided by a vertical black center line.
back, top right, pencil : 28 163A
Subjects
- Propaganda--Germany--History--20th century.
- Propaganda--France--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--France--Posters.
- Fascism--Posters.
- Nazi propaganda--Posters.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Posters.
Genre
- Object
- Posters