Beat the Jew Nazi propaganda handbill encouraging desertion from the Red Army

Identifier
irn45445
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.162.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm)

Archival History

The handbill was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Michael Blasenstein.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Blasenstein

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Nazi propaganda flier distributed during the German Army's invasion of Soviet controlled Ukraine, beginning in June 1941. Cartoons show Soviet soldiers being shot, beating civilians, and surrendering while the text explains that the Soviet position is hopeless and encourages soldiers to desert the Red Army.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Two sided handbill on light brown wood pulp paper with black ink. On the front are 2 cartoon drawings, within red outlined rectangles, with Russian captions. The top cartoon shows a man in a kepi and tunic uniform, a Ukrainian policeman(?), firing a revolver from behind a partial brick wall. He appears to have shot a Soviet uniformed soldier, who is falling back with his arms up. A man in civilian clothes lies dead in a pool of blood in front of the wall. Other Soviet soldiers are surrendering in the distance. The 2nd box has 2 soldiers with 5 point stars on their helmets beating the man with the revolver from the 1st cartoon. In the middle, civilians and a soldier, hands up in surrender, watch figures approach from the far background. The back is text only. At the top are 2 joined boxes, both titled Permit, the left in Russian, the right in German. Then follows a bold faced call out to the Red Army and 3 paragraphs of Russian text.

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