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title: Children examine collected Colorado beetles during the "American beetle" campaign, Chemnitz district
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-potato-beetle-search-children-chemnitz-1950/
description: Schoolgirls bend over their cupped hands holding collected beetles. The photograph shows no text; the agency caption supplies the claim, that American…
section: Collection
---

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

**Content note:** Photograph of schoolgirls with collected beetles; the agency caption accuses US aircraft of dropping them, a claim the US and West German governments rejected. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Children examine collected Colorado beetles during the "American beetle" campaign, Chemnitz district](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/gdr-potato-beetle-search-children-chemnitz-1950.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/gdr-potato-beetle-search-children-chemnitz-1950.jpg)

# Children examine collected Colorado beetles during the "American beetle" campaign, Chemnitz district

Schoolgirls bend over their cupped hands holding collected beetles. The photograph shows no text; the agency caption supplies the claim, that American aircraft dropped the beetles over the GDR in a 'shameful' act, and puts the villain outside the picture while the children stand for ordinary people's anger.

## Text on the object

Checked for printed text

No printed or legible text on this object.

The photograph shows children and beetles and no printed or lettered text. The agency caption is quoted in notes; the credit strip under the print is the Bundesarchiv's own.

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