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title: Bombardeios Nazistas [Nazi Bombardments]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-bombardeios-nazistas-portuguese-1943/
description: A colour photograph shows an elderly woman holding a crying child in front of a shelled, roofless building. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Bombardeios Nazistas [Nazi Bombardments]

A colour photograph shows an elderly woman holding a crying child in front of a shelled, roofless building. The Portuguese caption says the Nazis destroy what they cannot defend and that Italian civilians watch German artillery turn their homes to rubble, setting civilian suffering before the viewer as a threat (fear-appeal).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

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

```
BOMBARDEIOS NAZISTAS

O QUE OS NAZISTAS DEIXARAM

Os nazistas destroem o que não podem defender. Estes civís italianos observam consternadamente enquanto a artilharia alemã converte seus lares em escombros.

Publicado pelo Coordenador de Assuntos Interamericanos, Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
NAZI BOMBARDMENTS

WHAT THE NAZIS LEFT BEHIND

The Nazis destroy what they cannot defend. These Italian civilians look on in dismay while German artillery turns their homes into rubble.

Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
```

[← El Paludismo \[Malaria\] (Nicaragua health poster)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-nicaragua-el-paludismo-1943/) [Os Grandes Canhões Começaram a Troar \[The Great Guns Have Begun to Thunder\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-os-grandes-canhoes-comecaram-a-troar-portuguese-1943/)

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