Vichy/ Free France and Lead up
Propaganda poster glorifying Marshall Petain in 1940. Titled Donation to the Fatherland, it carefully explains how he saved France from further destruction by the Germans. It says, “since the victory, the spirit of enjoyment has prevailed over the spirit of sacrifice. we have claimed more than we have served. We wanted to save the effort, today we encounter misfortune. I give France the gift of my person, to alleviate its misfortune. I would not be worthy to remain at your head, if I had agreed to shed French blood to prolong the dream of a few French people ill-educated about the conditions of the struggle. I did not want to place my person or my hope outside the soil of France”. Published during the Vichy Regime in 1942. Size 37x47cm. M
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