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Four swine are going to the grave of the fifth

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  • Description

    Propaganda flyer in the form of a humorous puzzle, distributed to the Allied Forces as a morale booster. Two pigs carry a coffin while a Russian soldier looks on. They carry it towards a crypt where two pigs wait on either side of the door. Three Russian place names are written above the door to the crypt, Rostov, Moscow, and Volokolamsk.

    French text: "Quatre cochons allant l'enterement du cinqui me. Ou est le cinqui me?".

    English: "Four swine are going to the grave of the fifth. Where is the fifth?"

    The "fifth pig" can be discovered by folding the page to create an image of [Hitler].

  • Other Id

    13541 (Presto content ID)

    107249 (accession number)

    D810.E9 (18) (Library of Congress Call Number)

    89040 (DBTextworks system ID)

    107249 (accession number)

    EPH-W2-8-39 (Reference Number)

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