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LOT 32:
Lesson in history - anti-Nazi cartoons in the middle of World War, Moscow 1942
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Lesson in history - anti-Nazi cartoons in the middle of World War, Moscow 1942
Yрок Истории. Рисунки - Кукрыниксы, Стихи - С. Маршака Rare publication published in the midst of World War II, Moscow 1942. In a cartoon booklet by Kukryniksy Кукрыниксы. For the most part, he mocks Hitler himself, portraying him as a coward and poor man in the face of the increasing power of the Allies.
The historical background: Although at that time Hitler was considered almost invincible and was at the height of his power, at any rate on the Russian front there was a serious failure in the battle of Moscow which was one of the most important and major battles of the Eastern Front during World War II. At the end of the battle in the last months of 1941 and early 1942, between the Red Army and the German Vermacht, the German army withdrew from the foothills of Moscow. This battle was considered one of the major turning points in World War II, And led to Hitler's decline in power and the great contempt it had for him and Nazi Germany by the Russian population. Against this backdrop, and in those days, the mocking booklet came out for Hitler's fall.
The illustrators - a three friends of Russian cartoonist collective . The poems were written by the Russian Jewish poet Shmuel Marshak (Самуи́л Марша́к).
64 p. Good condition.
