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title: German Christmas in Jugoslavia
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-german-christmas-in-jugoslavia-1939/
description: 'A cut-out photograph of five hanged men beneath a gallows frame is set in red blackletter and stencil lettering: ''German Christmas in Jugoslavia''.'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Shows a photographic montage of five men hanged from a gallows frame, captioned 'German Christmas in Jugoslavia', as printed. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![German Christmas in Jugoslavia, 1939 UK poster: A cut-out photograph of five hanged men beneath a gallows frame is set in red](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-german-christmas-in-jugoslavia-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-german-christmas-in-jugoslavia-1939.jpg)

# German Christmas in Jugoslavia

A cut-out photograph of five hanged men beneath a gallows frame is set in red blackletter and stencil lettering: 'German Christmas in Jugoslavia'. The tell for outrage-bait is the sarcastic headline over an execution image with no date, place, names or source for the photograph; the sheet has no text beyond the title.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Outrage bait](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/outrage-bait/)

## Text on the object

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

```
German Christmas
IN
JUGOSLAVIA
```

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- [Japs Execute Doolittle Men. We'll Pay You Back Tojo](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/japs-execute-doolittle-men-payroll-savings-1943/) (United States · 1943 · Name-calling, Outrage bait). Content note: Ethnic slur in headline; grimacing caricature of Tojo with exaggerated teeth struck by a fist.
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