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title: Khrushchev and Stalin poster (Italian, Milan)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/khrushchev-stalin-poster-italian-1957/
description: 'An Italian two-panel caricature in red and black. Top: Khrushchev, in ''February 1956'', shouts ''Stalin assassino'' (Stalin murderer) at a horned.'
section: Collection
---

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# Khrushchev and Stalin poster (Italian, Milan)

An Italian two-panel caricature in red and black. Top: Khrushchev, in 'February 1956', shouts 'Stalin assassino' (Stalin murderer) at a horned, devil-faced Stalin. Bottom: 'New Year 1957', a smiling Khrushchev clinks glasses with a winged, horned, haloed Stalin saying 'Siamo tutti stalinisti' (We are all Stalinists). The tell is name-calling: devil horns and caricature, with a before-and-after contrast presented as hypocrisy.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/) [Accusation in a mirror](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/accusation-in-a-mirror/)

## Text on the object

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

```
STALIN ASSASSINO

KRUSCIOV FEBBRAIO 1956

SIAMO TUTTI STALINISTI

KRUSCIOV CAPODANNO 1957

OLTRECORTINA - Milano, Casella Postale 923 | Esente da bollo ai sensi dell'art. 23 alleg. B del D.P. n. 342 del 24-6-54 | Centro Grafico Italiano - Via Favretto 7, Milano
```

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

```
STALIN MURDERER

KHRUSHCHEV FEBRUARY 1956

WE ARE ALL STALINISTS

KHRUSHCHEV NEW YEAR 1957

OLTRECORTINA - Milan, P.O. Box 923 | Exempt from stamp duty under art. 23 annex B of D.P. no. 342 of 24-6-54 | Centro Grafico Italiano - Via Favretto 7, Milan
```

Imprint line partly cut at right edge ('Milanc') in the scan; given as Milano.

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