Name/Title
This is Nazi BrutalityDescription
A color poster featuring an image of a handcuffed man with a sack over his head. Behind him is a high brick wall. Red text across the torso of the figure reads: This is Nazi brutality. Beneath this, in black text on yellow stripes (designed to represent a telegram message) is the wording: RADIO BERLIN -- IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED: - / ALL MEN OF LIDICE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA - HAVE BEEN SHOT: / THE WOMEN DEPORTED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP: / THE CHILDREN SENT TO APPROPRIATE CENTERS -- THE / NAME OF THE VILLAGE WAS IMMEDIATELY ABOLISHED. / 6/11/42/115P.Context
This poster refers to the Lidice massacre, ordered by Hitler as a response to the 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, chief lieutenant to SS leader Heinrich Himmler and a leading architect of the Holocaust.Collection
Poster CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Ben ShahnRole
ArtistManufacturer
U.S. Government Printing OfficeDate made
1942Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Country
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaNotes
Office of War InformationLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PosterNomenclature Class
Advertising MediaNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
War posters, Fear, Revenge, ExecutionsDimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
37-7/8 inWidth
28-5/16 in