---
title: Tēvuzemei grūti laiki (Hard times for the fatherland), postcard by Rihards Zariņš, 1916
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/latvian-tevuzemei-1916/
description: A woman in Latvian folk dress raises a sword above burning farmsteads and calls on the 'sons' to help.
section: Collection
---

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# Tēvuzemei grūti laiki (Hard times for the fatherland), postcard by Rihards Zariņš, 1916

A woman in Latvian folk dress raises a sword above burning farmsteads and calls on the 'sons' to help. The tells are the folk costume worn by a national allegory, which lends the nation's identity to the appeal, and the burning ruins at her feet that stage the harm the appeal answers.

## Text on the object

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

```
TĒVUZEMEI GRŪTI LAIKI
DĒLI, DĒLI, PALĪGA!

R. ZARRIN
```

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

```
HARD TIMES FOR THE FATHERLAND
SONS, SONS, HELP!

R. ZARRIN
```

Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 'Palīga' is rendered as an imperative 'help' from the form read on the card.

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