Occupied France poster collection

Identifier
irn516096
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

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

Scope and Content

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

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.