Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
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Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
1942 June 11
overall: Height: 37.500 inches (95.25 cm) | Width: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm)
Poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information as a response to the Nazi-led annihilation and destruction of communities throughout the Czech Republic, including Lidice. It also protests the retaliatory measures taken for the attempted assassination by Czech resistance members of Reinhard Heydrich, director of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, under the Nazi occupation.