Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Flier with the heading Message du President des Etats Unis [Message from the US President] issued in French on one side, Arabic on the other, under the signature of Eisenhower as Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, November 1942. It discusses the long friendship between France and the US and explains that the Allies are invading North Africa in order to liberate the people and destroy their enemies, and will leave when that is done.
It features a color image of the American flag and a black and white photograph of President Roosevelt in both sides. - Date
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publication/distribution:
1942 November 08-1942 November 16
- Geography
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distribution:
Africa, North
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, title, near center, black ink : Message du Président des Etats Unis [Message from the President of the United States]
front, lower section, black ink : Le Président des Etats Unis m'a chargé / [illegible] Général Commandant en Chef des / Forces Expéditionnaires Américaines de / faire p[a]rvenir aux peuples de l'Afrique / française du Nord le message suivant : / Aucune nation n'est plus intimement liée, / tant par l'histoire que par l'amitié profonde, / au peuple de France et à ses amis que ne le / sont les Etats Unis d'Amérique. / Les Américains luttent actuellement, non / seulement pour assurer leur avenir, mais / pour restituer les libertés et les principes / démocratiques de tous ceux qui ont vecu sous le drapeau tricolore. / Nous venons chez vous pour vous libérer des conquérants qui ne / désirent que vous priver à tout jamais de vos droits souverains, de votre / droit à la liberté du culte, de votre droit de mener votre train de vie en / paix. / Nous venons chez vous uniquement pour anéantir [vos?] ennemis ― / nous ne voulons pas vous faire de mal. / Nous venons chez vous en vous assurant que nous partirons dès que la / menace de l'Allemagne et de l'Italie aura éte dissipée. / Je fais appel à votre sens des réalités ainsi qu'à votre idéalisme. / Ne faites rien pour entraver l'accomplissement de ce grand dessein. / Aidez-nous, et l'avènement du jour de la paix universelle sera hâté. [The U.S. President has instructed me General Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces to send this message to the people of French North Africa : No nation is more closely linked , both by history and by deep friendship than are the people of France and friends and the United States of America. Americans are struggling , not only to ensure their future, but to restore freedoms and democratic principles of all those who have lived under the tricolor. We come to you to free yourself from the conquerors who desire only to rob you forever of your sovereign rights, your right to freedom of worship, your right to live your lifestyle in peace. We come to you only to destroy your enemies - we do not want to harm you. We come to you, making sure that we leave as soon as the threat of Germany and Italy has been dissipated. I appeal to your sense of reality and your idealism. Do nothing to hinder the accomplishment of this great purpose. Help us and the coming of the day of universal peace will be hastened.]
front, lower right, black ink : DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER / Lieutenant Général, Commandant en Chef / des Forces Expéditionnaires Américaines [Lieutenant General, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces]
reverse, black ink : Arabic text
Physical Details
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Fliers
- Object Type
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Handbills (tgm)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, two-sided, white paper handbill. One side has French text printed in black ink that is repeated in Arabic on the opposite side. Both sides have a color image of an American flag on a light blue background at the top. Near the center is the title in 2 lines in large font. The lower section has a block of text indented on the upper left with a black and white photographic image of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Near the bottom is the signature of Dwight D. Eisenhower; below are his name and title. The lower section on both sides is slightly tinted blue.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The flier was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-21 11:36:24
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The collection consists of artifacts and publications relating to the expansion of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and the waging of World War II.
Date: approximately 1938
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Object
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Object
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Handbill issued following the first reports on the refugee crisis for Jews in Poland
Object
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Booklet
Object
Book written by John Boylan in 1942, exposing American businessmen and lawyers who helped German industries. It has an introduction by Rex Stout and illustrations by William Sharp.
Album
Object
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Book
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