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A poster promoting the collaborationist Légion des volontaires français (LVF). The LVF was a military unit composed of Frenchmen who fought for the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War, ostensibly to defend Europe against Bolshevism. It was later redesignated the Waffen-SS “Charlemagne” Brigade named after the legendary medieval Frankish King Charlemagne. The LVF originated as an independent initiative by a coalition of far-right factions in Vichy France who were disillusioned with the liberalism of the Third Republic.
The Charlemagne Brigade distinguished itself in the Battle of Berlin in 1945, where it remained as one of the last active defenders in the area of Hitler’s Führerbunker complex in a powerful demonstration of chivalric gallantry befitting of their namesake.
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Election poster from Norway’s Nasjonal Samling (National Assembly), founded in 1933 by Vidkun Quisling. The sun in the form of a pagan sun cross rises behind a raven which was venerated in old Norse Viking mythology as Odin’s divine messenger. Akin to the German National Socialists they were modeled on, the Nasjonal Samling rejected Christianity and drew much of its imagery from paganism which they saw as a more authentically Norwegian faith. Quisling and his party collaborated with the Germans upon the invasion of Norway. Following his deposition in 1945, the very term ‘Quisling’ would later become synonymous with ‘traitor’ in the Scandinavian languages.
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A 1942 recruitment poster from German-occupied Norway. Portrays the Schutzstaffel as the spiritual heirs to Norway’s Vikings and encouraging its youth to join the organization.
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Poster from occupied Flanders advertising a photo exhibition for the SS. The runic insignia of the SS flank a sword to the backdrop of a Flemish lion.
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An illustration of a cohort of German athletes participating in the Reich Sports Week. The Nazi regime placed great emphasis on the physical fitness of its people, seeing sports as a means to harden spirits of its people and make them feel they were part of a wider national purpose.
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Army recruitment poster from the Independent State of Croatia. The leader Ante Pavelić can be seen at the forefront saluting his fascist legions with an address to the nation.
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Spanish poster depicting a triumphant Falangist soldier standing atop a bloodied Marxist beast. The Falange Española (Spanish Phalanx) is a fascist political organization founded by José Antonio Primo de Rivera, taking its name from the heavy infantry formations of ancient Greece. It promoted the revival of the Spanish Empire, called for a national syndicalist economy and partook in the Spanish Civil War.
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Poster issued by the Germanic SS of Norway depicting a soldier of the SS clad in chainmail atop a Viking longship. Typical fascist imagery drawing elements from the past which are incorporated into contemporary narratives about the historical continuity of a modern people’s existence.
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A commemorative poster honoring the veterans of the SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern (SS Volunteer Legion Flanders), their members depicted mounting an assault to a backdrop of the ascendant Flemish lion.
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The Battle of Stiklestad in 1030 is considered one of the most famous battles from Norwegian history, holding great significance as part of the country’s national myth. A medieval warrior from the battle is likened to his modern day counterpart, a member of Norway’s fascist paramilitary.
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Advertisement for the ‘Grand Crusade’ against Bolshevism, calling on the French citizenry to take up arms alongside their European comrades comrades in the fight for European civilization.
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Detailed cartographical propaganda poster from 1942, presenting ‘Fortress Europe’ and its immediate geostrategic situation in a favorable light. The poster presents Germany’s somewhat precarious hold over the European continent as an impenetrable bastion – a sentiment shared by many high-ranking Nazi officials at the time. Despite such optimistic beliefs and their leaders best efforts, the…
