!['Libertad de Palabra' [Freedom of Speech], 1942 US poster: A black swastika built from slabs is cracked and breaking apart](../images/us-libertad-de-palabra-brodovitch-1942.jpg)
'Libertad de Palabra' [Freedom of Speech]
A black swastika built from slabs is cracked and breaking apart, with a flame and smoke rising from one arm, over a sunset gradient. The Spanish headline 'Libertad de palabra' and the line naming it one of the four freedoms the Allies fight for put a virtue word over the image, so the Allied cause is carried by the word itself.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos), Washington; artist Alexey Brodovitch
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Media and information
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US federal government work, Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; artist Alexey Brodovitch, 1942. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44266080 (44-PF-34).
Text on the object
Alexey Brodovitch 1942. libertad de palabra UNA DE LAS CUATRO LIBERTADES POR LAS QUE LUCHAN LOS ALIADOS Publicado por El Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Washington, E.U.A.
Alexey Brodovitch 1942. freedom of speech ONE OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS FOR WHICH THE ALLIES ARE FIGHTING Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A.
