Magazine-poster " Crush the fascist reptile!", 1943

The original poster, published as a 4-page magazine in the Belarusian language. The format in the collapsed form is 250*345 mm, the format of the poster in the expanded form is 250*490 mm. 4 strips. Guarantee of authenticity. Very rare.

"Let's crush the fascist reptile" was the name of a satirical publication intended for distribution among partisans and the population of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War. It was published from July 1941 to May 1945. Since March 1942, it became known as the newspaper-poster, later-the satirical magazine of the Central Committee of the CP(b)B. The magazine exposed and ridiculed the plans of the fascist command, stigmatized the accomplices of the Germans from among the traitors of the Belarusian people, raised hatred for the occupiers and their hangers-on, called for a merciless fight against the invaders. The editorial staff called "restaurovani". The satirical leaflet was printed on 2-4 pages, with one-color, but sometimes three-color illustrations. A total of 142 issues were published. The editorial office was headed first by Mikhas Chaussky, and from 1943-by Kondrat Krapiva. On the pages of the publication, works of various genres were printed-from a sharp political pamphlet to partisan ditties. An important role was played by the caricature, which occupied more than half the area of the sheet. Appeals were published to the partisans and the people of Belarus by the leaders of the party and government, cultural figures. Photo documents and information reports on the combat successes of partisans and soldiers of the Red Army were widely used. Satirical sections and headings "Not in the eye, but in the eye", "Partisan Chastushki", "Belarusian Proverbs"had a combat character. The editorial office was well connected with the partisan detachments, from which information was received about the progress of the struggle against the invaders, about the heroism and patriotism of the masses. The leaflet was printed in the rear of the Soviet Army – first published in Gomel, while the city was not yet occupied by the Nazis. Then - in the front line, Moscow, Novobelitsy (Gomel region), and with the liberation of the capital of Belarus-in Minsk.