Criminal Propaganda poster in Estonian picturing Roosevelt as the friend of US criminals
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 47.875 inches (121.603 cm) | Width: 33.750 inches (85.725 cm)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
Scope and Content
Anti-American propaganda poster issued in Estonia after it was annexed by Nazi Germany in September 1941. The poster accuses Roosevelt of being a liar and associate of gangsters such as Al Capone. It calls for the destruction of Jews and this criminal race. In July 1941, Germany invaded Estonia and made it part of the Reich Commissariat Ostland, a German civilian administration. Estonia was under German rule until September 1944, when it was annexed by the Soviet Union.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Large rectangular poster on light brown paper with an orange background and narrow light brown border. The left side is text only. The text block has a bold font title, then approximately 5 paragraphs denigrating Roosevelt and the US, followed by an underlined end line. The 2nd paragraph, a quote, is displayed on a white field. The right side has a photographic image of Roosevelt. He holds a poster in his left hand, with his right hand held to his forehead, pushing his white hat upwards. The poster has 6 captioned photographs of US criminals: the top row has 3 mugshots with a man’s face and a prison booking id; the bottom 3 depict a man from the waist up in a suit and tie.
People
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Posters.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Estonia.
- Estonia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944.
- Propaganda, Anti-American--Estonia.
- War propaganda--Estonia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Posters.
Genre
- Object
- Posters