ОПРЕЗ Долазе... [Caution They are Coming...]

Printed poster

Belgrade, Serbia

N.p.

1941

approx. 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. 

A virulently antisemitic poster intended to dehumanize its subject and instill fear in the viewer. A caricature of the so-called "Eternal Jew" leads a horde of other Jews, including obese bankers.

The design was displayed in Belgrade's "Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition" that ran from 22 October 1941 until 19 January 1942 in Belgrade, in Nazi-occupied Serbia. The exhibition was financed by the Germans with the support of collaborationist leader Milan Nedić and organized by former members of the fascist Yugoslav National Movement (Zbor). 

The title of the exhibition sought to expose alleged Judeo-Masonic and Communist conspiracies for world domination. Artworks were virulently antisemitic,  dehumanizing Jews and seeking to justify their extermination. Included as part of the exhibition, over 60,000 copies of 20 different posters were also distributed to Serbians. 

[World War II, WWII,  FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler, Allied, Axis, George S. Patton, Air Force, Pearl Harbor] [Propaganda, Posters]