German Children as Slaves and Hostages! Nazi propaganda poster warning Germans that an Allied victory will enslave their children

Identifier
irn11237
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.96.88
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 33.125 inches (84.138 cm) | Width: 47.500 inches (120.65 cm)

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Archival History

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Nazi propaganda poster featuring black and white photographs of happy German children next to text explaining Churchill's devilish plan to enslave German children if the Allies win the war. It describes a plan allegedly broadcast by Reuters news service that children, age 2-6, would be taken from their homes and forced to live abroad for 25 years so that German nationalism would not regenerate and the German race would cease to exist because it would be mixed with other races. The poster was issued on October 7, 1942, for the Parole der Woche (Slogan of the Week) series produced by the Nazi Party in Germany from 1936-1943. It was discontinued in 1943 because of paper shortages caused by the prolonged war.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Large offset lithographic poster with a graphic design in black, white, and red in landscape orientation. Across the top is the German title in stylized red font. The left side displays 4 black and white photographic images of blonde, cheerful children within a tall, narrow, white bordered rectangle tilted slightly left. The remainder of the poster has a large white rectangle with a top line title in red font, two long paragraphs in black ink, closing with 3 lines in bold, black font underlined in red. There is a narrow white border around the poster. There is a circular red Parole der Woche seal on the lower left. There are two labels adhered to the reverse: one has publishing information identifying it as a Parole Der Woche; the other is a book advertisement.

front, lower right corner, handwritten, black ink : 7X.13X.1942 # 41 reverse, paper label, black ink : Ausgabe A / Die Parole Der Woche / Parteiamtliche Wandzeitung der NSDAP. / Folge 41 2. Ottober 1942. / Bezugspreis monatlich RM. - .80 / Erscheint wöchentlich einmal / [?]anbort München [Edition A / Slogan of the Week / Party broadsheet of the NSDAP / Subscription price per month RM. - .80 / Published once weekly / [?] Munich revese, red label, black ink : reverse, pencil : [?] 11/4l

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