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title: 'Krokodil No. 35 (145), September 1925: In the School of Hangmen (cover, Radakov)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/krokodil-school-of-hangmen-radakov-1925/
description: 'Magazine cover: a bald teacher with a pointer stands at a blackboard where two gallows frames read as the letters ''PP''; a stout pupil in a sash, with a…'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Cartoon with gallows, a noose and an axe. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Krokodil No. 35 (145), September 1925: In the School of Hangmen (cover, Radakov)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/krokodil-school-of-hangmen-radakov-1925.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/krokodil-school-of-hangmen-radakov-1925.jpg)

# Krokodil No. 35 (145), September 1925: In the School of Hangmen (cover, Radakov)

Magazine cover: a bald teacher with a pointer stands at a blackboard where two gallows frames read as the letters 'PP'; a stout pupil in a sash, with a noose-shaped moustache, and a seated pupil with an axe and rope beneath his desk look on. The caption has the pupil name the letters as the Polish Socialist Party. Spelling out a party's initials with gallows is the name-calling tell: the label is the claim.

## Text on the object

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

```
ГОД ИЗДАНИЯ ЧЕТВЕРТЫЙ.
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!
МОСКВА, СЕНТЯБРЬ 1925 г.
№ 35 (145)
Цена 15 коп.
КРОКОДИЛ
Рис. А. Радакова.
В ШКОЛЕ ПАЛАЧЕЙ.
В Польше организуется институт палачей для выполнения приговоров над революционерами. (Из телеграмм).
— Янек, милый! Ты знаешь, какие буквы выходят из этих фигур?
— Как же не знать! Это П. П. С.— наша кормилица — Польская Партия Социалистов.
```

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

```
FOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION.
Proletarians of all countries, unite!
MOSCOW, SEPTEMBER 1925
No. 35 (145)
Price 15 kop.
CROCODILE
Drawing by A. Radakov.
IN THE SCHOOL OF HANGMEN.
In Poland an institute of hangmen is being organised to carry out sentences on revolutionaries. (From telegrams).
— Yanek, dear! Do you know what letters these figures make?
— How could I not! That is P. P. S., our breadwinner, the Polish Socialist Party.
```

Literal translation by Claude (machine translation, not fluent-reader verified). Handwritten numeral at top is a library annotation and is not transcribed.

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