'Venganza': 'The vengeance of the people', a barefooted man rasing an axe to bring down on a cowering group of Fascists, amongst them, Adolf Hilter who clutches a dead child

Leopoldo Méndez

1941 · Linocut · Drawings and Prints

'Venganza': 'The vengeance of the people', a barefooted man rasing an axe to bring down on a cowering group of Fascists, amongst them, Adolf Hilter who clutches a dead child — Leopoldo Méndez

This print accompanies an essay by Erich Jungmann in The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe that deals with resistance and betrayal in the Balkans. A towering man representing the people is about to bring an axe down on a group of Nazis led by cowering Adolf Hitler, who clutches a dead child. The same print was used in other anti-Nazi publications concerning the bravery of the Balkan people. Esta estampa incluida en El libro negro del terror nazi en Europa acompaña a un ensayo de Erich Jungmann sobre la resistencia y la traición en los Balcanes. Un hombre de imponente altura que representa al pueblo está a punto de ajusticiar con un hacha a un grupo de nazis liderados por un acobardado Adolf Hitler que se aferra a un pequeño muerto. La misma estampa se empleó en otras publicaciones antinazis relacionadas con la valentía de los pueblos de los Balcanes.

Artist: Leopoldo Méndez
Date: 1941
Medium: Linocut
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946