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DESIGNER UNKNOWN
140 ● FUORI I TEDESCHI! Circa 1943.
213/4x143/4 inches, 551/4x371/2 cm. United States
Office of War Information, London.
Condition B: tear through lower edge into image;
creases, abrasions and discoloration in margins
and image. Paper.
An excellent piece of American anti-Nazi
propaganda intended for use in Italy. Most likely
this image was released late in 1943, a time when
the Italian Government was in convulsions. Late
in July Mussolini was ousted and Pietro Badoglio
elevated to Prime Minister, on September 3rd a
secret armistice between Italy and the Allied
forces was signed and publicly announced on
September 8th. Then on October 13th Italy
declared war on Germany. Two months after he
was arrested German forces were able to free
Mussolini and install him as head of a new
Fascist state in the north of Italy. Italy was
embroiled in a civil war. This poster, “Out with
the Germans,” was likely released as the Allied
forces moved north towards Rome, and the
Germans tried to solidify their positions in the
north of the country. [400/600]
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