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title: 'Sacrifice: The privilege of free men'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sacrifice-the-privilege-of-free-men-1941/
description: 'Painted poster: a soldier in helmet and garrison cap, rifle on his back, leans from a train window and embraces a child, faces pressed together.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Sacrifice: The privilege of free men, 1941 US poster: Painted poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/sacrifice-the-privilege-of-free-men-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/sacrifice-the-privilege-of-free-men-1941.jpg)

# Sacrifice: The privilege of free men

Painted poster: a soldier in helmet and garrison cap, rifle on his back, leans from a train window and embraces a child, faces pressed together. Headline 'Sacrifice' with 'The privilege of free men' beneath. The tell is the abstract virtue word 'sacrifice' attached to a family farewell, a glittering generality carried by emotion.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
SACRIFICE
THE PRIVILEGE OF FREE MEN
WINNER INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. AWARD—NATIONAL WAR POSTER COMPETITION
HELD UNDER AUSPICES OF ARTISTS FOR VICTORY, INC.—COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRACY—MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
REPRODUCED THROUGH COURTESY OF ARTISTS FOR VICTORY, INC., NEW YORK, N.Y.
[imprint: illegible small print, ending N.Y.C.]
LITHOGRAPHED IN U.S.A. ON HOE SUPER-OFFSET PRESS BY GRINNELL LITHOGRAPHIC CO., NEW YORK, N.Y.
[signature: Nikol Schattenstein]
```

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