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
- Date
- 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Oltrecortina (Milan) as printed; distributed through the U.S. Information Agency Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, 1957. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948883, 306-PPB-60).
Text on the object
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
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.
