Dark poster with a blue text at the top and yellow text at the bottom. In the center is a large louse partially overlapping an antisemitic caricature of a Jewish man whose face is shifting into a skull.
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Antisemitic poster published in German-occupied Poland in March 1941.

An antisemitic poster published in German-occupied Poland in March 1941. The caption reads, "Jews are lice; They cause typhus." This German-published propaganda poster was intended to instill fear of Jews among Christian Poles.


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  • Muzeum Okregowe w Rzeszowie / Historical Museum of Rzeszow

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