How do I Tell my Child? Nazi propaganda poster using British news reports to praise the power of the German Reich
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 33.125 inches (84.138 cm) | Width: 47.125 inches (119.698 cm)
Creator(s)
- Zentralverlag der NSDAP (Publisher)
- Reichspropagandaleitung der N.S.D.A.P. (Issuer)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
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 text only propaganda poster, Wie sag ich's meinem Kinde?, allegedly quoting a British newspaper editorial complaining that England has been sleeping while Germany has prepared for world domination, as shown by the German destruction of British naval convoys. Churchill is blamed and told to recognize how he has left his country unprepared, making parents and Churchill himself to wonder: How do I tell my child? The Nazi commentary congratulates Germany for being aggressive and prepared. The poster was issued on December 23, 1940, for the Parole der Woche (Slogan of the Week) series produced by the Nazi Party in Germany from 1936-1943. The series was discontinued in 1943 because of paper shortages caused by the prolonged war.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Large offset lithographic text only poster with a graphic design in black, white, and yellow on a black background with a narrow white border in landscape orientation. The title is across the top in very large, bold font and yellow ink. Next is a subtitle in white ink. In the center is a large rectangle with jagged, uneven edges to resemble a clipping torn from a newspaper with twelve lines of German text, some underlined. Below this are six lines of German text in large, bold font in white ink. There is a circular red Parole der Woche seal on the lower left. There are two labels adhered to the reverse: one has publishing information identifying it as a Parole Der Woche; the other is a book advertisement.
front, lower right corner, handwritten, black ink : 24.XIII 31. XII.1940 [?] 52 reverse, white paper label, black ink : Ausgabe A / Die Parole Der Woche / Parteiamtliche Wandzeitung der NSDAP. / Folge 52 23. Decembre 1940. / Bezugspreis monatlich RM. - .80 / Erscheint wöchentlich einmal / [?]anbort München [Edition A / Slogan of the Week / Party broadsheet of the NSDAP / Issue 2 December 23.1940 / Subscription price per month RM. - .80 / Published once weekly / [?] Munich] reverse, red label, preprinted, black ink : Herman Göring / Reden und Auflage / Leinen RM. 6.50 [Herman Goring / Talk and Circulation / Cloth RM 6.50
People
- Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Posters.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion--Germany.
- Nazi propaganda--Posters--Germany--Specimens.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Posters.
Genre
- Posters
- Periodicals.
- Object