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title: Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, October 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/epikaira-eikonografimena-october-greek-1958/
description: A Greek-language photo-and-caption wall sheet dated October 1958, with a block headed 'The 13th anniversary of the U.N.'.
section: Collection
---

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# Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, October 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece)

A Greek-language photo-and-caption wall sheet dated October 1958, with a block headed 'The 13th anniversary of the U.N.'. Photographs show a rocket launch and a nuclear-powered-aircraft concept, a model of a new UN building, Greek Korean-War medal recipients, a gift of money to a Greek foundation, and two pictures captioned as communist actions (Hungarian trials, shelling of Quemoy and Matsu). The tell is card-stacking, with name-calling in the loaded caption phrase 'judicial murders by the communists'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΑ ΕΙΚΟΝΟΓΡΑΦΗΜΕΝΑ
ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΣ 1958

Η 13Η ΕΠΕΤΕΙΟΣ ΤΟΥ Ο.Η.Ε.

Ἡ δευτέρα ἐπέτειος τῆς Οὑγγρικῆς ἐπαναστάσεως (23 Ὀκτωβρίου) ἐπαναφέρει εἰς τὴν μνήμην τὰς «δικαστικὰς δολοφονίας» τῶν κομμουνιστῶν

Οἱ βομβαρδισμοὶ τῶν νήσων Κεμὸυ καὶ Ματσοὺ εἰς τὴν περιοχὴν τῆς Φορμόζης ὑπὸ τῶν Κινέζων κομμουνιστῶν

ΔΙΑΝΕΜΕΤΑΙ ΔΩΡΕΑΝ ΥΠΟ ΤΗΣ ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ
```

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

```
TOPICAL ILLUSTRATED. THE 13TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.N.

The second anniversary of the Hungarian revolution (23 October) brings back to memory the 'judicial murders' by the communists

The bombardments of the islands of Quemoy and Matsu in the Formosa area by the Chinese communists

Distributed free by the American Information Service
```

Only the masthead, date line, section headings, imprint and selected caption passages are transcribed; the many small photo captions are not reproduced in full. Polytonic accents are approximated from a downscaled scan.

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