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title: Čuvaj se partizana! Čuvaj se tifusa! (Beware of the Partisan! Beware of Typhus!), Independent State of Croatia
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cuvaj-se-partizana-tifus-ndh-1941/
description: Black-and-white poster of a large louse whose head is a grimacing human face in a cap with a five-pointed star, the Partisan emblem, with drops falling…
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

**Content note:** Dehumanizing image of a Partisan drawn as a louse, tied to typhus. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Čuvaj se partizana! Čuvaj se tifusa! (Beware of the Partisan! Beware of Typhus!), Independent State of Croatia](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cuvaj-se-partizana-tifus-ndh-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/cuvaj-se-partizana-tifus-ndh-1941.jpg)

# Čuvaj se partizana! Čuvaj se tifusa! (Beware of the Partisan! Beware of Typhus!), Independent State of Croatia

Black-and-white poster of a large louse whose head is a grimacing human face in a cap with a five-pointed star, the Partisan emblem, with drops falling from its body. The two headlines pair 'the Partisan' with 'typhus' in the same warning, drawing a Partisan and a disease-carrying insect as one creature.

## Text on the object

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

```
ČUVAJ SE
PARTIZANA !
ČUVAJ SE
TIFUSA !
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
BEWARE OF
THE PARTISAN!
BEWARE OF
TYPHUS!
```

Read from the committed image; there is no other text on the sheet.

[← Antonescu medal, 'Mareșal al României și Conducătorul Statului' (G. Stănescu, 1941)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/antonescu-conducatorul-statului-medal-1941/) [Ecco i vostri alleati (Here Are Your Allies): British propaganda booklet for Italy →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ecco-i-vostri-alleati-pwe-italy-1941/)

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