War Pictorial - The Master Race

whole: the seven images occupy the majority, some held within white borders. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in black, held within a red inset. The text is separate and placed in the upper left and with each image as a caption, in black. All set against a yellow background, and held within two red borders. image: the first image is a half-length photograph of a German POW sitting and looking down at the ground. The second image is a half- length photograph of an elderly German POW. The third image is a photograph of wounded German POW sitting in a jeep. The fourth image is a photograph of a group of German POWs, two of whom seem to be teenage boys. The fifth image is a photograph of a German POW sitting with his head in his hands. The sixth image is a photograph of a column of German POWs being marched through an English street. The final image is a photograph of a wounded German POW being carried on a stretcher. text: WAR PICTORIAL The Master-Race These studies of German prisoners taken in Normandy are an eloquent comment on the German claim that all Germans are supermen, and on the German glorification of war as the highest and most exhilarating form of human activity. 1 A GERMAN SOLDIER TRIES TO THINK IT OUT. 2 OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE GRANDSONS IN THE WAR. (BOYS OF 14 AND 15 HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN NORMANDY.) 5 SMARTNESS NO ANTIDOTE TO DEPRESSION. 6 THE LUCKY GERMANS ARE THOSE WHO HAVE ARRIVED IN ENGLAND. 7 NOT SO LUCKY IS THE ONE IN THE PICTURE BELOW. 3 A WOUNDED SNIPER CAPTURED AFTER THE BATTLE OF CAEN. 4 SOME OF THE PRISONERS ARE OF EXTREME YOUTH. G.P.D.311/23/52

G.P.D.311/23/52. Produced as part of a series of posters (see PST 0061, PST 0062, PST 0063, PST 0064, PST 0065 and PST 0066).