Occupied France poster collection

Overview

Collection Summary

Group of French posters: poster by the collaborationist artist Brantamme with text by Victor Hugo, used for anti-communisit propaganda purposes, proclamation of the execution, before a firing squad, of three resistance fighters; Lille, France; Sept. 18, 1941, in German and French; poster in French and German, dated Oct. 1, 1941 with "Warning" from the Military Commander for Belgium and the north of France, Von Falkenhausen; poster from the period just before liberation with flags of several nations

Provenance

The posters were acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999.