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title: Мы воюем с панским родом, а не с польским трудовым народом! (We Are Fighting the Lordly Breed, Not the Polish Working People!)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/my-voyuem-s-panskim-rodom-rosta-1920/
description: Two workers in red shake hands over the body of a fallen officer in a peaked cap, one holding a bayoneted rifle, with factory chimneys behind; the…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Two workers shake hands over the body of a fallen officer. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Мы воюем с панским родом, а не с польским трудовым народом! (We Are Fighting the Lordly Breed, Not the Polish Working People!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/my-voyuem-s-panskim-rodom-rosta-1920.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/my-voyuem-s-panskim-rodom-rosta-1920.jpg)

# Мы воюем с панским родом, а не с польским трудовым народом! (We Are Fighting the Lordly Breed, Not the Polish Working People!)

Two workers in red shake hands over the body of a fallen officer in a peaked cap, one holding a bayoneted rifle, with factory chimneys behind; the headline says the war is against the 'lordly breed', not the Polish working people. The caption splits the enemy into a blamed class (the 'pany') and a spared one, parking responsibility for the war on the former.

## Text on the object

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

```
МЫ ВОЮЕМ С ПАНСКИМ РОДОМ
А НЕ С ПОЛЬСКИМ ТРУДОВЫМ
НАРОДОМ !

РОСТА
```

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

```
WE ARE FIGHTING THE LORDLY BREED
AND NOT THE POLISH WORKING
PEOPLE!

ROSTA
```

'Панский род' is rendered 'lordly breed' (pan = Polish lord or landowner; род = kin, stock, breed).

[← "Mora Dravca vsahniti" plebiscite postcard no. 9 (The Drava Must Dry Up)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mora-dravca-vsahniti-plebiscite-postcard-1920/) [Ozio - Miseria, Lavoro - Ricchezza (Idleness - Misery, Work - Wealth) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ozio-miseria-lavoro-ricchezza-prestito-1920/)

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