Comments on: Propaganda posters from WWII http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Hunter1 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578060 Hunter1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578060 thnk lt f ths pstrs r lst n th mdrn dnc. sw Phnng & Drvng pstr th thr dy. Th slgn sd "Crlss Tlk Csts Lvs", whch md m sml, bcs gt th rfrnc. tld th gys t wrk bt t nd thy ddn't knw wht th hll ws tlkng bt. - < hrf="http://www.ggl.cm/prfls/107960615984943025079">dm</> thnk lt f ths pstrs r lst n th mdrn dnc.

sw Phnng & Drvng pstr th thr dy. Th slgn sd “Crlss Tlk Csts Lvs”, whch md m sml, bcs gt th rfrnc.

tld th gys t wrk bt t nd thy ddn’t knw wht th hll ws tlkng bt.

- < hrf="http://www.ggl.cm/prfls/107960615984943025079">dm

]]> By: Pelle http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578062 Pelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578062 Although the text of this version of the poster is in Dutch, the artist is not Dutch or Flemish, by the way, but the Norwegian <i>Harald Damsleth</i>, who was a popular commercial artist and book cover designer, but became notorious for his propaganda work for the collaborationist Nasjonal Samling party (<a href="http://www.damsleth.info/plakater/Frameset_ns.htm">samples</a> of his poster work for them and the Germans). According to older folks, his colourful work was very striking visually in the otherwise drab and grey occupation years, so even those who hated the collaborationists often followed his "exibition window" on the Oslo main street with interest. Although the text of this version of the poster is in Dutch, the artist is not Dutch or Flemish, by the way, but the Norwegian Harald Damsleth, who was a popular commercial artist and book cover designer, but became notorious for his propaganda work for the collaborationist Nasjonal Samling party (samples of his poster work for them and the Germans). According to older folks, his colourful work was very striking visually in the otherwise drab and grey occupation years, so even those who hated the collaborationists often followed his “exibition window” on the Oslo main street with interest.

]]> By: SleighBoy http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578065 SleighBoy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578065 Sharing is fun. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleighboy/2830495931/ Sharing is fun.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sleighboy/2830495931/

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578071 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578071 @#6 PELLE: I wondered about that. I'd seen a few Nazi posters aimed at the Dutch, and the text always seemed a bit off. A couple of years ago here in Amsterdam I saw a poster that said "Halt! Winterhulp" poster that had a NSB'er (Nationalsocialistische Bond - local Quislings) with a cheesy grin holding out a collection can. I was tempted, but didn't buy it. @#6 PELLE:

I wondered about that. I’d seen a few Nazi posters aimed at the Dutch, and the text always seemed a bit off.

A couple of years ago here in Amsterdam I saw a poster that said “Halt! Winterhulp” poster that had a NSB’er (Nationalsocialistische Bond – local Quislings) with a cheesy grin holding out a collection can. I was tempted, but didn’t buy it.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578074 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578074 Well, he's got more personality than Uncle Sam. Well, he’s got more personality than Uncle Sam.

]]> By: ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578365 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578365 Here is a collection of WWI and WWII propaganda posters at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive... <A HREF="http://www.animationarchive.org/2009/09/theory-propaganda.html">http://www.animationarchive.org/2009/09/theory-propaganda.html</A> Here is a collection of WWI and WWII propaganda posters at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive…

http://www.animationarchive.org/2009/09/theory-propaganda.html

]]> By: cognitive dissonance http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578144 cognitive dissonance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578144 If I'm not mistaken, the inscription on the canary cage that the figures are prancing around in says "jitterbug." A dance-fueled war machine? What German <i>wouldn't</i> trade von Braun and all the rocket fuel in Bavaria for a superweapon powered by the jitterbug? I thought this poster was trying to demonize the US, not make them look <i>COMPLETELY AWESOME</i>... If I’m not mistaken, the inscription on the canary cage that the figures are prancing around in says “jitterbug.”

A dance-fueled war machine? What German wouldn’t trade von Braun and all the rocket fuel in Bavaria for a superweapon powered by the jitterbug?

I thought this poster was trying to demonize the US, not make them look COMPLETELY AWESOME…

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578146 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578146 the german "Blackout!" poster looks like it could be the best heavy metal album cover ever. the german “Blackout!” poster looks like it could be the best heavy metal album cover ever.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578160 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578160 above all you should see from these how hard government's of all kinds had to work to convince their people that the WAR was worth fighting and winning,that there was not another way other than mass killing. above all you should see from these how hard government’s of all kinds had to work to convince their people that the WAR was worth fighting and winning,that there was not another way other than mass killing.

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578180 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578180 These are amazing images. It's interesting to see the move back towards less abstract representation during the war itself. I've recently become interested in propaganda from the inter-war period, which featured much more modernist approaches to popular art. Of course much of this was not state-sponsored, and informed by pretty radical ideologies. For example, the work of the Cologne school: http://www.gerdarntz.org/content/1934 http://www.kultur-online.net/files/exhibition/01_314.jpg Even during the Spanish Civil War, one can detect an interesting tension between the more abstract art associated with some of the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist militias (http://www.internationalposter.com/pimages/SPL06513.jpg), and the socialist realism eventually favored by the communists. Of course, my favorite from this set is "Women Love a Submariner," but I have a dirty mind. These are amazing images. It’s interesting to see the move back towards less abstract representation during the war itself. I’ve recently become interested in propaganda from the inter-war period, which featured much more modernist approaches to popular art. Of course much of this was not state-sponsored, and informed by pretty radical ideologies. For example, the work of the Cologne school:

http://www.gerdarntz.org/content/1934

http://www.kultur-online.net/files/exhibition/01_314.jpg

Even during the Spanish Civil War, one can detect an interesting tension between the more abstract art associated with some of the anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist militias (http://www.internationalposter.com/pimages/SPL06513.jpg), and the socialist realism eventually favored by the communists.

Of course, my favorite from this set is “Women Love a Submariner,” but I have a dirty mind.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578185 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578185 Ironically the Canadians, not Americans, liberated Holland, and got along quite well with the Dutch. As a result lots of Dutch moved to Canada after the war. Ironically the Canadians, not Americans, liberated Holland, and got along quite well with the Dutch. As a result lots of Dutch moved to Canada after the war.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578193 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578193 I once saw a WWII Nazi magazine illustration that depicted, from a curved horizon *satellite* point of view, the southeastern part of the Confederate States of America in flames and burning: supposedly Sherman's 1865 "March To the Sea." The caption (translated) read: "If they would do this to their own people, what will they do to you?" I once saw a WWII Nazi magazine illustration that depicted, from a curved horizon *satellite* point of view, the southeastern part of the Confederate States of America in flames and burning: supposedly Sherman’s 1865 “March To the Sea.”

The caption (translated) read: “If they would do this to their own people, what will they do to you?”

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578199 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578199 Interesting comparison of WWII Japanese and American propaganda posters dehumanizing the enemy: www.msu.edu/~navarro6/srop.html some pics Interesting comparison of WWII Japanese and American propaganda posters dehumanizing the enemy:

http://www.msu.edu/~navarro6/srop.html

some pics

]]> By: AliasUndercover http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578201 AliasUndercover Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578201 I've always found that poster to be one of the creepiest things I've ever seen. Maybe I shouldn't have seen it when I was 4. I’ve always found that poster to be one of the creepiest things I’ve ever seen. Maybe I shouldn’t have seen it when I was 4.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578205 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578205 I can't find it, but one of the most amusing items I've ever encountered was the official nazi guide for distinguishing "degenerate Jewish music" like jazz etc. I can’t find it, but one of the most amusing items I’ve ever encountered was the official nazi guide for distinguishing “degenerate Jewish music” like jazz etc.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578214 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578214 Hunter1, Since you ignored my previous warning about linking to your website in every comment, I've deactivated your account. Contact me if you would like it reinstated. Hunter1,

Since you ignored my previous warning about linking to your website in every comment, I’ve deactivated your account. Contact me if you would like it reinstated.

]]> By: gmoke http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578218 gmoke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578218 Here's a video I did of some of my favorite WWII posters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIlQJg1kSvk Here’s a video I did of some of my favorite WWII posters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIlQJg1kSvk

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578222 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578222 Yeah, born in that notorious Jewish ghetto, <i> Geshikteshtetl. </i> Yeah, born in that notorious Jewish ghetto, Geshikteshtetl.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578239 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578239 buht showly, Nawwlans meenz "gold". buht showly, Nawwlans meenz “gold”.

]]> By: coaxial http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-577996 coaxial Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-577996 The mind reels at the irony of the Nazis demonizing the US by bringing up the Klan. The mind reels at the irony of the Nazis demonizing the US by bringing up the Klan.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578254 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578254 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnJVkEX8O4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXnJVkEX8O4&feature=related

]]> By: French Blue http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578012 French Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578012 Interesting image - especially when you think Iraq, rather than WW11...the Abu Graib hood, the loose-cannon Blackwater mercenaries, HumVees with heavy metal and hiphop at full volume... think about it. Interesting image – especially when you think Iraq, rather than WW11…the Abu Graib hood, the loose-cannon Blackwater mercenaries, HumVees with heavy metal and hiphop at full volume… think about it.

]]> By: bjacques http://boingboing.net/2009/08/31/propaganda-posters-f.html#comment-578045 bjacques Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-578045 An irony not lost on the people who remixed lots of these in protest against Bush II, the PATRIOT Act, etc. An irony not lost on the people who remixed lots of these in protest against Bush II, the PATRIOT Act, etc.

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