![Libres de Miseria [Free from Want], 1942 US poster: A pale hand cradles a house, a family and a cow](../images/us-libres-de-miseria-ciaa-1942.jpg)
Libres de Miseria [Free from Want]
A pale hand cradles a house, a family and a cow; a grey hand holds a ruined frame and an animal skull, and a chain from it ends in a swastika ball. The contrast pictures want under Axis rule against plenty for the Allies (fear-appeal), and the slogan names the Four Freedoms as the aim (glittering-generalities).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (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, Economy and finance
- 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 44266078 (44-PF-33).
Text on the object
Alexey Brodovitch 1942 libres de miseria 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 free from want ONE OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS FOR WHICH THE ALLIES ARE FIGHTING Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A.
