Soviet Union Ministry of Defense propaganda poster

Identifier
irn513981
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.114.2.3
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513981

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)

Archival History

The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Sybil Milton.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sybil Milton

Scope and Content

Polychrome poster with a caricatured image of a group of capitalists and soldiers looking through a window at soldiers bombarding and bouncing off of a large red wall marked, "Stalingrad." The words of the title come from a Russian folk song.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Polychrome poster with caricatured image of capitalist and soldiers viewing soldiers bombarding and bouncing off large red Soviet wall.

Subjects

  • Bombardment.
  • Military personnel.
  • Capitalists & financiers.
  • Volgograd (Russia)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union.

Genre

  • Posters
  • Object
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