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Maker(s):	Unknown (designer); United States Office of War Information (publisher); United States Government Printing Office (printer)
Culture:	American
Title:	The Nazis Burned These Books
Date Made:	1943
Type:	Poster
Place Made:	United States; Washington DC
Measurements:	Housing: 28 in x 22 in; 71.1 cm x 55.9 cm; Sheet: 27 15/16 in x 20 in; 71 cm x 50.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:	INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (typed): Ten years ago:/ THE NAZIS BURNED/ THESE BOOKS; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. ctr. (typed): ...but free Amercians/ CAN STILL READ THEM
Accession Number:	MH 2017.29.136
Credit Line:	Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
WWII poster; Black and white photgraph of Nazis and people not in uniform giving the Nazi salute in front of a pile of burning books. Red and white text across the top of the image. Red box with white text across the bottom.

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