Content note: Wartime caricature of Adolf Hitler, eyes wide and biting his fingers. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Silence helps haunt Hitler
Black-and-white security sheet: an airman in a forage cap holds a finger to his lips at left; at right a caricature of Adolf Hitler in a peaked cap, eyes wide, bites his fingers. Large letters S, H, H, H and '!!' spell the acronym 'Silence Helps Haunt Hitler'. The enemy leader is rendered by ridicule (name-calling).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Air Forces (handwritten annotation; artist Milton Caniff)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- War and the military, Security and surveillance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 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 Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army Air Forces. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1747 (NAID 515418).
Text on the object
S ILENCE H ELPS H AUNT H ITLER !! [signature: MILTON CANIFF] [handwritten annotation: U.S. Air Forces]
