Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Making no bones

All start with “Г”
D. Moor (Orlov), 1941

I want war. To me all means will be right. My motto is not "Don't, whatever you do, annoy the enemy." My motto is "Destroy him by all and any means." I am the one who will wage the war!

Adolf Hitler

This is a poster made in a form of political cartoon. Four distorted faces belong to Nazi officials: Heinrich Himmler (Minister of Internal Affairs, he controlled SS and security forces including Gestapo), Hermann Wilhelm Goring (minister of aviation and one of the most prominent political figures of the Third Reich), Adolf Hitler (the leader of Nazi Germany) and Paul Joseph Goebbels (Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda - known for his zealous oratory and virulent anti-Semitism). These are the Nazi politicians who were responsible for the WW2 and the war crimes which took place in its course.

In Russian all the four names (Himmler, Goring, Hitler and Goebbels) start with the same letter “Г” (pronounced “Gh”). In the right column of the poster these four letters consecutively form right-faced swastika - the symbol of Nazi Germany, and say “First Г.”, “Second Г.”, “Third Г.”, “Fourth Г.”.

The slogan says “All start with “Г”. It seems to be pretty irrelevant unless you know that in Russian “Г” with a dot is an abbreviation of “Говно”, or “Shit”.

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9 comments:

  1. deckhandOctober 10, 2007 at 11:41 AM

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  2. deckhandOctober 10, 2007 at 11:47 AM

    Today, in the city where I was born, people mention Hitler as the greatest evil in the world. Dispassionately, I'll say that I see fine caricature in the black and white of a political cartoon. On the second look, I think the artist shows their evils "behind their masks" if you will.

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  3. amna mirzaOctober 10, 2007 at 12:08 PM

    hilter as the accounts, reveal to me, that he had the insane zeal to rise, due to which others had to suffer. perhaps, a disgusting attitude. what is prevalent in all opportunistic leaders.

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  4. xpikonOctober 11, 2007 at 1:10 AM

    Hi just find out ur blog from somewhere and I must say u have a nice blog. n e ways whats ur source of getting these difficult information abt each and every poster??? its a difficult work, isn't it?

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  5. Alexander ZakharovOctober 11, 2007 at 5:55 AM

    xpikon
    Well not quite. It takes about an hour a day to write a post, usually less. I'm interested in history and read history books often.

    Thanks for the kind words!

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  6. Moby DickOctober 12, 2007 at 6:28 AM

    Cool poster!

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  7. Moby DickOctober 12, 2007 at 6:29 AM

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  8. AnonymousOctober 13, 2007 at 9:30 AM

    This blog totally sucks.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 14, 2007 at 9:21 AM

    I absolutely love Russian history... I'm really loving your blog. Very nicely done :D

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