Hitler Will Go to Any Lengths to Obtain Information - Don't Talk
A line drawing of Hitler's head on a long dachshund body stretched across the page ('go to any lengths'), and a parrot with a padlocked beak beside the words 'Don't talk'. The tell is the caricature of Hitler as an animal, paired with an implied threat that the enemy is seeking information and a single remedy, silence.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government (no issuer named; artist signs 'Gudler')
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Security and surveillance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- UK Crown copyright, published 1939-1945, expired; held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
British government (no issuer named); artist Gudler. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-216.
Text on the object
HITLER WILL GO to any lengths TO OBTAIN INFORMATION Don't TALK [signature:] Gudler
