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title: '''Síla KSČ je v lidu'': Communist Party pre-election photomontage leaflet, 1946'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ksc-sila-lidu-pre-election-leaflet-1946/
description: 'A landscape photomontage leaflet in black, white and sepia: a dense crowd, a flag with a star, a 1 May march and newspaper strips, framed by two mirrored…'
section: Collection
---

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# 'Síla KSČ je v lidu': Communist Party pre-election photomontage leaflet, 1946

A landscape photomontage leaflet in black, white and sepia: a dense crowd, a flag with a star, a 1 May march and newspaper strips, framed by two mirrored slogans. The top reads 'The strength of the KSČ is in the people / We are with the nation'; the bottom reads 'The strength of the people is in the KSČ / The nation is with us'. Figures such as '120,000 participants' and '200,000 organised members' are overprinted on the pictures. The tell is the crowd-and-numbers montage plus the interchangeable slogans.

## Text on the object

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

```
SÍLA KSČ JE V LIDU
MY S NÁRODEM

[newspaper strip] Dvě třetiny hlasů pro komunisty v celém dělnickém okrese
[newspaper strip] Komunisté obdrželi nadpoloviční většinu v lidových volbách v Kyjích
[newspaper strip] Od vítězného 1. máje k vítězným volbám

120.000 účastníků plenární schůze [illegible]
[card] LEGITIMACE [illegible]
200.000 organizovaných členů [illegible] KSČ
150.000 ÚČASTNÍKŮ MÁJOVÉHO PRŮVODU

SÍLA LIDU JE V KSČ
NÁROD S NÁMI
```

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

```
THE STRENGTH OF THE KSČ IS IN THE PEOPLE
WE ARE WITH THE NATION

[newspaper strip] Two thirds of the votes for the communists in the whole workers' district
[newspaper strip] The communists obtained an absolute majority in the people's elections in Kyje
[newspaper strip] From the victorious 1 May to the victorious elections

120,000 participants of the plenary meeting [illegible]
[card] MEMBERSHIP CARD [illegible]
200,000 organised members [illegible] KSČ
150,000 PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAY DAY PARADE

THE STRENGTH OF THE PEOPLE IS IN THE KSČ
THE NATION IS WITH US
```

Read from a 3x enlargement of the 400 px image. The four large slogans and the '150,000' caption are clear; the newspaper strips and the other captions are partly legible and the words that could not be read are marked [illegible]. The first strip's wording is a best reading and may differ in detail.

[← Έλληνες προσοχή! Όσοι αγαπούν αληθινά την Ελλάδα ψηφίζουν Λαϊκόν Κόμμα (Greeks, beware! Those who truly love Greece vote Populist Party)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ellines-prosochi-laikon-komma-poster-1946/) [Σοσιαλδημοκρατία: Μερικοί που ζητούν την ψήφο σου σ' εκυβέρνησαν (Social democracy: some who ask for your vote have ruled you) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sosialdimokratia-election-poster-1946/)

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