{"product_id":"ap_02689","title":"Pour la prise de Paris Paix et Liberté 1940","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"644\"\u003eThis striking and satirical poster, published in 1940 by the French anti-totalitarian movement \u003cem data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"341\"\u003ePaix et Liberté\u003c\/em\u003e, is a powerful example of wartime propaganda aimed squarely at denouncing the Soviet-Nazi pact and its perceived betrayal of France. Titled \u003cem data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"523\"\u003e“Pour la prise de Paris – 14 juin 1940”\u003c\/em\u003e, the poster mocks the Communist Party’s brief alignment with Nazi Germany following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"1200\"\u003eIn a sharp and ironic visual language, the artwork depicts caricatures of \u003cstrong data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"737\"\u003eJoseph Stalin\u003c\/strong\u003e and a Communist Party figure, both wearing Nazi swastikas, issuing a faked tribute to the German Army’s occupation of Paris on June 14, 1940. The bold central text sarcastically reads: \u003cem data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1000\"\u003e“Hommage d’une profonde admiration aux glorieuses armées nazies. – Staline”\u003c\/em\u003e (“A heartfelt tribute to the glorious Nazi armies. – Stalin”), skewering both the Soviet leadership and the French Communist Party (PCF) for their temporary cooperation with Nazi Germany before 1941.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1544\"\u003eThe background is dominated by red flags, Communist and Nazi symbols intertwined—a visual indictment of the perceived ideological hypocrisy. Hitler looms above, glaring from behind a podium adorned with the hammer and sickle alongside the swastika, reinforcing the poster’s thesis that both regimes were two sides of the same oppressive coin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1872\"\u003ePublished by \u003cem data-start=\"1559\" data-end=\"1576\"\u003ePaix et Liberté\u003c\/em\u003e, a liberal-democratic movement founded in 1939, the poster was part of a broader campaign to expose the dangers of totalitarianism—whether fascist or communist. The movement used satire and stark graphics to engage a French population navigating the anxieties and upheaval of occupation and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"2124\"\u003eToday, this poster remains a provocative historical document—a window into the charged political climate of 1940s France. It is a rare and compelling artifact for collectors of WWII propaganda, French political history, or anti-totalitarian ephemera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWar 39-45 - Politics - France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomage to the glorious Nazi armies - Stalin - Hitler - PCF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition, a small tear\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galerie 1881","offers":[{"title":"60 x 40 \/ A","offer_id":49355536957767,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/9275\/3081\/files\/AP_02689Insta2.jpg?v=1753182695","url":"https:\/\/galerie1881.fr\/en\/products\/ap_02689","provider":"Galerie 1881","version":"1.0","type":"link"}