Content note: Hostile caricature of an enemy soldier in a swastika-marked cap, with a threat of retribution. This object is shown as it was published. Why
"Krvniki, čas obračuna prihaja!" (Executioners, the time of reckoning is coming!), Slovene Partisan leaflet
A pen-and-wash caricature of a wide-eyed, frowning man in a forage cap bearing a swastika, beside hand-lettered capitals reading 'Executioners, the time of reckoning is coming!'. The tells are the loaded label 'krvniki' (hangmen, executioners) for the whole group, the swastika on the cap as the stigma symbol, and a threat of retribution on a stated horizon with no date or terms.
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Slovene Partisan movement (sheet names no issuer; signed 'T.K.O.' and 'Francé')
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Medium
- Leaflet
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Leader
- Josip Broz Tito
- Audience
- Enemy forces
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingFear appealTransfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica (NUK), Ljubljana, dLib.si (URN:NBN:SI:IMG-P677QFFQ), via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Commons PD-Yugoslavia tag, stated basis; dLib footer reserves rights)
Krvniki, čas obračuna prihaja!, Slovene Partisan leaflet, 1944-1945. Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica (NUK), Ljubljana, dLib.si (URN:NBN:SI:IMG-P677QFFQ), via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
KRVNIKI ČAS OBRAČUNA PRIHAJA! [signatures in the image at lower left and lower right: T.K.O. and Francé]
Executioners, the time of reckoning is coming!
Read from the committed image. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.
