“Troika Racing in Russia.” Issued by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.

(SOVIET UNION / HOLOCAUST).

Nazi-Occupied Soviet Union, c. 1942 (Issued later)

Poster. Text in Russian.

A laughing Stalin rides a Star of David-emblazoned chariot pulled by bound Russians, beating them with the whip of the NKVD. The captives’ yoke reads ‘Workers of the world unite.’ The troika can refer to both a vehicle pulled by three horses, or the triumvirates that often sat atop the USSR’s highest level of governance.