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Defendemos la Libertad y Luchamos por un Mundo Mejor, 1939 Mexico poster: Four drawn portraits of men, three

Defendemos la Libertad y Luchamos por un Mundo Mejor

Four drawn portraits of men, three in nineteenth-century dress and one in modern dress, are set in a ribbon reading 'Defendemos la Libertad y luchamos por un mundo mejor' over the line 'Propaganda de la Secretaría de Educación Pública'. The tell is the row of historical figures lending their standing to the present cause (transfer), and the slogan words 'libertad' and 'mundo mejor' with no stated measure (glittering-generalities).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TransferGlittering generalities
Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico (printed by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación)
Region
Latin America
Country
Mexico
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Avila Camacho Government
Leader
Manuel Avila Camacho
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Mobilize or secure compliance
Themes
War and the military, Home front
Event
World War II
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico; printed by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-862.

Text on the object

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

Defendemos la Libertad
y luchamos por un mundo mejor

PROPAGANDA DE LA SECRETARIA DE EDUCACION PUBLICA

[imprint:] TALLERES GRAFICOS DE LA NACION

[Translation: We defend freedom and fight for a better world. Propaganda of the Ministry of Public Education.]

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