(WORLD WAR II).

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 188

(WORLD WAR II).

“This is Nazi Brutality.” Designed by Ben Shahn. Poster depicting a chained and hooded prisoner cornered under an ominous blue and gray sky. The lone prisoner is representative of the town of Lidice, Czechoslovakia which was destroyed by the Germans in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. News of the massacre displayed in ticker-tape fashion behind. Linen-backed. 38 x 28 inches.

American, 1942:

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $550

The imagery of this poster proved so disturbing to some that a Czechoslovakian-American organization canceled their original order. See Judah L. Magnes Museum Catalogue, Witnesses to History, The Jewish Poster (1989) p. 100.