Content note: Caricature of Adolf Hitler in uniform with swastika armband giving a salute. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Every day you take off gives the Axis a break
A photograph shows a man in a vest reading a newspaper on a porch, feet up, with a radio beside him. Below, a small cartoon figure in uniform with a swastika armband, drawn as Hitler, salutes. The text reads 'Every day you take off gives the Axis a break'. The technique is guilt by association: absence from work is tied to enemy benefit through a caricature.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-136 (NAID 513584).
Text on the object
Every day you take off--- gives the Axis a break [imprint: WAR PRODUCTION BOARD, WASHINGTON, D.C.; remaining small print illegible]
