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title: 'Chorus: ...But Adolf! What about that other nice piece?'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-but-adolf-what-about-that-other-nice-piece-1940/
description: Four caricatured figures labelled Russia, Japan and Italy, with a fourth speaking in a German-accented voice, sit at a table carving a globe marked No. Am.
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Axis leaders and a figure labelled Russia are caricatured at a dinner table carving a globe, with Hitler's speech rendered in a mock German accent, as published. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Chorus:...But Adolf! What about that other nice piece?, 1940 US cartoon: Four caricatured figures labelled Russia, Japan](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-but-adolf-what-about-that-other-nice-piece-1940.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-but-adolf-what-about-that-other-nice-piece-1940.jpg)

# Chorus: ...But Adolf! What about that other nice piece?

Four caricatured figures labelled Russia, Japan and Italy, with a fourth speaking in a German-accented voice, sit at a table carving a globe marked No. Am. and So. Am. into portions. The cartoon argues that the Axis powers and Russia are dividing the world among themselves, leaving the Americas as the remaining piece; the fear appeal rests on that implied threat.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
NOW, CHENTLEMEN! ---I TRUST DOT EFFERYVON IS SATISFIED!
RUSSIA
JAPAN
ITALY
NO. AM.
SO. AM.
CHORUS:..BUT ADOLF! WHAT ABOUT THAT OTHER NICE PIECE ?
JIM BERRYMAN
WASHINGTON EVENING STAR
```

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