Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Polychrome poster with a caricatured image of three smiling capitalists rolling out a contract-like carpet for a goose-stepping Nazi soldier with a bloodied bayonet; the contract is titled, "Potsdam Agreement;" a sign labeled, "NATO," points in the direction of the capitalists.
- Artwork Title
- Militarism is reborn
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sybil Milton
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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War propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, Russian (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Polychrome poster with caricatured image of smiling capitalist rolling contract-like carpet for goose-stepping Nazi with bloodied bayonet.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.020 inches (22.911 cm) | Width: 13.270 inches (33.706 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Capitalists & financiers. Soldiers--German.
- Corporate Name
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Meeting Name
- Potsdam Conference (1945)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Sybil Milton.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 12:38:10
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