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

Date

1943

Period

Second World War

Made by

Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Coordenador de Assuntos Interamericanos), Washington

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

Theme

War and the military

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, c. 1943. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44268145 (44-PF-824).

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.

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.