Raymond Rocca collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515266
• English
• 1945
• overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm)
• Updated 9 months ago

Antisemitic, anti-Allies poster acquired by Raymond Rocca in 1945 when he was a United States soldier serving in Rome, Italy. The poster has the Allied Powers meeting at a Star of David table, illustrating the Nazi propaganda myth of the worldwide Jewish conspiracy controlling Germany's enemies. Italy, under the Fascist dictatorship of Mussolini, was an Axis member and entered World War II (1939-1945) as an ally of Germany. In May 1943, the Axis campaign in North Africa collapsed and they surrendered to the Allies. That July, Allied forces invaded Sicily. Mussolini was arrested by his own g...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515267
• English
• overall: Height: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
• Updated 9 months ago

Antisemitic, anti-Allies poster acquired by Raymond Rocca in 1945 when he was a United States soldier serving in Rome, Italy. The poster depicts a Jewish man using a whip to spin dreidels with caricatures of the Allied leaders, Franklin Roosevelt, Alcide De Gasperi, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. Italy, under the Fascist dictatorship of Mussolini, was an Axis member and entered World War II (1939-1945) as an ally of Germany. In May 1943, the Axis campaign in North Africa collapsed and they surrendered to the Allies. That July, Allied forces invaded Sicily. Mussolini was arrested by h...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515269
• English
• 1944-1945
• overall: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 13.500 inches (34.29 cm)
• Updated 9 months ago

Antisemitic, anti-Allies poster acquired by Raymond Rocca in 1945 when he was a United States soldier serving in Rome, Italy. The poster depicts the Allied leaders pulling a Star of David marked chariot. Italy, under the Fascist dictatorship of Mussolini, was an Axis member and entered World War II (1939-1945) as an ally of Germany. In May 1943, the Axis campaign in North Africa collapsed and they surrendered to the Allies. That July, Allied forces invaded Sicily. Mussolini was arrested by his own government and, in September, Italy unconditionally surrendered to the Allies. Germany then oc...