Rumor—Kill It!
c. 1942
Artist / Maker / Culture
Hoch, Ministry of National War Services, Ottawa
DIMENSIONS
26 1/2 x 17 in. (67.3 x 43.2 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.204
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Canada, Espionage, Flowers, Josef Goebbels, Nazi, Political, With My Little Eye: Warnings For The Homefront, WWII
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Peter A. Blatz
KEYWORDS
Canada, Espionage, Flowers, Josef Goebbels, Nazi, Political, With My Little Eye: Warnings For The Homefront, WWII
Published by the Director of Public Information in Ottawa, this surreal design shows the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, in the guise of a serpent emerging from a swastika-covered egg. The poster was issued in at least two sizes in both English and French, indicating that it was intended to be widely circulated throughout Canada.
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