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[Hopeless Road]

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  • Description

    Propaganda flyer, text is written in Polish. Distributed by German propagandists, to the Polish soldiers fighting alongside the Allied Forces, including the Soviet Red Army.

    Recto: Illustrations of grim or sordid situations involving the Soviet Union. Text reads "Beznadzejna Droga 1939." Translation: "Hopeless Road - Katyn - on the Ural - to Siberia - to Iraq - to Africa - to England".

    Verso: Further text, intended for Polish soldiers, questioning their absence from loved ones, including children. Includes photographs of children in classrooms.

  • Place
    [Italy]
  • Other Id

    17146 (Presto content ID)

    ACQ-2000-25 (Acquisition number)

    EPH-2000-1-15 (Reference Number)

  • Department

    Ephemera

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