DIFENDILO! 1944. 38x27in. Condition B+: horizontal folds; repaired tears in image; uneven margins. Masonic, Jewish and Communist hands are reaching out to grab a piece of Italy, sympathetically presented in the form of a crying child superimposed

DIFENDILO! 1944. 38x27in. Condition B+: horizontal folds; repaired tears in image; uneven margins. Masonic, Jewish and Communist hands are reaching out to grab a piece of Italy, sympathetically presented in the form of a crying child superimposed over a map of Italy. In the final stages of WWII, there was a call to "defend" Italy against the encroaching invaders. "The swastika-like pattern, the use of halftoned photomontage [are] unusual ly modern for a Fascist poster" ( Meehan 17 p. 49).