“We French workers warn you… defeat means slavery, starvation, death.” Designed by Ben Shahn. Issued by the Office of War Information (OWI) Poster no. 17.

(WORLD WAR II).

Washington, 1942

Framed.

World War II government-issued poster designed to increase war production at home by urging Americans to keep up the fight against tyranny. The powerful image depicts a crowd of French working men raising their arms as if under arrest; behind them is an official decree posted by the notorious Vichy government.