File:Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) Fool the Axis - Use Prophylaxis prevents veneral disease! 1942 WW2 propaganda John Wyeth & Brother Inc. Philadelphia Pa. USA Mussolini, Hideki Tojo, Hitler caricatures wolfsonian-FIU WOLF000177 No known copyrigh.jpg

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English: Fool the Axis – Use Prophylaxis: Prophylaxis prevents veneral disease!
  • Format: Poster 55,9 x 71,1 cm;
  • Artist: Arthur Szyk (Polish: Artur Szyk; 1894 – 1951), a Polish-born Jewish artist who worked primarily as a book illustrator and political artist throughout his career
  • Published: 1942
  • Publisher/printer: John Wyeth & Brother, Inc. Philadelphia Pa. USA
  • American World War II propaganda poster promoting the use of prophylactics by depicting grotesque caricatures of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, Japanese general and prime minister Hideki Tojo, and German nazi leader Adolf Hitler, each representing a venereal disease with portions of uniforms missing to reveal skin lesions caused by the disease, each figure holds a large syringe.
The master of political caricature, unloads both barrels on World War II’s Terrible Threesome: Mussolini, Tojo, and Hitler. In this public service announcement designed to protect American G.I.’s from the ravages of venereal disease, he portrays the Axis leaders as already in the advanced stages of Syphilis and Gonorrhea. They are an odious mess of chancroids and festering blisters. Both Tojo and Hitler clutch hypodermic syringes the size of missiles, while Mussolini parades a wanton harlot puppet upon whose lower body parts is displayed a skull and crossbones.“Prophylaxis Prevents Venereal Disease” reads the lower headline. Certainly such an irreverent take on what has always been a serious problem for soldiers, must have been met with delight by our boys “over there”.
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Arthur Szyk  (1894–1951)  wikidata:Q711673
 
Arthur Szyk
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Artur Szyk
Description American-Polish caricaturist, painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 16 June 1894 Edit this at Wikidata 13 September 1951 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Łódź New Canaan
Work period 1914 Edit this at Wikidata–1951 Edit this at Wikidata
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