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title: This Is Luxembourg, One of the United Nations
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/luxembourg-this-is-luxembourg-one-of-the-united-nations-1939/
description: A sheet headed 'this is LUXEMBOURG' with a coat of arms, a history text, photographs of harvesting, a market, vineyards, steel works and Luxembourg City.
section: Collection
---

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[![This Is Luxembourg, One of the United Nations, 1939 Luxembourg poster: A sheet headed 'this is LUXEMBOURG' with a coat](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/luxembourg-this-is-luxembourg-one-of-the-united-nations-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/luxembourg-this-is-luxembourg-one-of-the-united-nations-1939.jpg)

# This Is Luxembourg, One of the United Nations

A sheet headed 'this is LUXEMBOURG' with a coat of arms, a history text, photographs of harvesting, a market, vineyards, steel works and Luxembourg City, and a statistics panel. The tell for card-stacking is the selection of agriculture, steel output and scenery as the whole national picture; the text describes the country's history and economy and says nothing of the German occupation.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
this is
LUXEMBOURG

In the thousand years of its history the Luxembourg nation has been included in many empires, that of Charlemagne, Charles V, Philipp II, and Napoleon. [...] Luxembourg is a popular center for the European tourist trade, and many visitors come every year to marvel at Luxembourg's historic architecture and to enjoy its scenic beauty.

MEDIEVAL TOWN HALL IN ECHTERNACH.
the people
FARMER'S FAMILY HARVESTING
THE VEGETABLE MARKET IN LUXEMBOURG CITY.
HARVESTING OF GRAPES IN THE LUXEMBOURG MOSELLE VALLEY.
their work
POPULATION: 296,113. Each figure represents 16,000. AREA: 999 sq. miles.
[statistics not reproduced]
Radio Luxembourg (with Radio Moscow the most powerful station in Europe)
VIEW OF A HAULING TRACK IN THE BELVAL WORKS.
the country
LUXEMBOURG-CITY (EAST SIDE).
CLERVAUX, FAMOUS TOURISTIC CENTER IN THE ARDENNES.
BELVAL, STEEL WORKS OF ESCH-ON-ALZETTE.

f. c. veit and s. m. adler
Lithographed in the United States of America
ONE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ISSUED BY THE LUXEMBOURG GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONER OF INFORMATION
```

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