Poster collection

Identifier: irn82311
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn82311

Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two posters: one is a French propaganda poster and the other is an anti-Nazi poster created by Ben Shahn protesting the decimation of Lidice, Czechoslovakia.

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Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn33819
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 37.760 inches (95.91 cm) | Width: 28.270 inches (71.806 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information as a response to the Nazi-led annihilation and destruction of communities throughout the Czech Republic, including Lidice. It also protests the retaliatory measures taken for the attempted assassination by Czech resistance members of Reinhard Heydrich, director of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, under the Nazi occupation.
French propaganda poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn33820
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 44.000 inches (111.76 cm) | Width: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster depicting a male worker and a female gardener against the backdrop of a map of France and a sun with the date "1941" printed inside. To the left are jackals or possibly wolves, each labeled with a different name, including "Juifs" and "DeGaulle", which are depicted as threatening the borders of France.

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Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice

French propaganda poster