Itching Fingers? You're Helping the Enemy!
A large flesh-coloured hand reaches toward five outlined tools (pliers, hammer, flashlight, wrench, screwdriver) while a black shadow of the hand spreads behind them. The tell for fear-appeal is the accusation that taking tools is aid to the enemy, set under the question 'Itching fingers?'
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Government Printing Office imprint; issuing agency not printed
- 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
- War and the military, Home front, Labor
- 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)
U.S. Government Printing Office imprint; issuing agency not printed. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1120 (NAID 514647).
Text on the object
ITCHING FINGERS? You're helping the Enemy! [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-601870
