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title: My Daddy is a Hero! And You? (Мой папа герой! А ты?)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-my-daddy-is-a-hero-and-you-1939/
description: A small child points at her own mouth while holding a framed portrait of a soldier with a star decoration; a red panel reads 'Heroes of the Patriotic War'
section: Collection
---

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[![My Daddy is a Hero! And You?, 1939 Soviet Union poster: A small child points at her own mouth while holding a framed portrait](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/soviet-my-daddy-is-a-hero-and-you-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/soviet-my-daddy-is-a-hero-and-you-1939.jpg)

# My Daddy is a Hero! And You? (Мой папа герой! А ты?)

A small child points at her own mouth while holding a framed portrait of a soldier with a star decoration; a red panel reads 'Heroes of the Patriotic War' with an order to Red Army men. The tell is the child and family portrait used to turn the soldier's decoration into a personal challenge, 'And you?', with 'hero' as the only quality named.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
ГЕРОИ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ
ВОИНЫ КРАСНОЙ АРМИИ!
НЕ ДАВАЙТЕ ВРАГУ ПЕРЕДЫШКИ!
БЕСПОЩАДНО ИСТРЕБЛЯЙТЕ ФАШИСТ-
СКИХ РАЗБОЙНИКОВ! ОСВОБОЖДАЙТЕ ОТ
ОККУПАНТОВ РОДНУЮ ЗЕМЛЮ!

Мой папа герой! А ТЫ?
MY Daddy Is a Hero! AND YOU?

[Translation: Heroes of the Patriotic War. Red Army men! Give the enemy no respite! Ruthlessly exterminate the fascist brigands! Free your native land from the occupiers! My daddy is a hero! And you?]
```

[← Motherland's Salute to the Heroes! (Героям салют Родины!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-motherlands-salute-to-the-heroes-toidze-1939/) [Westward! (На Запад!) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-westward-na-zapad-1939/)

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