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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
DESIGNER UNKNOWN FUORI I TEDESCHI! Circa 1943. 21 3/4x14 3/4 inches, 55 1/4x37 1/2 cm. United States Office of War Information, London. Condition B: tear through lower edge into image; creases, abrasions and discoloration in margins and image. Paper. An excellent piece of American anti-Nazi propaganda intended for use in Italy. Most likely this image was released late in 1943, a time when the Italian Government was in convulsions. Late in July Mussolini was ousted and Pietro Badoglio elevated to Prime Minister, on September 3rd a secret armistice between Italy and the Allied forces was signed and publicly announced on September 8th. Then on October 13th Italy declared war on Germany. Two months after he was arrested German forces were able to free Mussolini and install him as head of a new Fascist state in the north of Italy. Italy was embroiled in a civil war. This poster, "Out with the Germans," was likely released as the Allied forces moved north towards Rome, and the Germans tried to solidify their positions in the north of the country.
