![Libres de Temor [Free from Fear], 1942 US poster: A towering bare-armed figure with raised hands stands over a Japanese](../images/us-ociaa-libres-de-temor-atherton-1942.jpg)
Libres de Temor [Free from Fear]
A towering bare-armed figure with raised hands stands over a Japanese rising-sun flag, a swastika flag and a rifle with fixed bayonet, while a small man cowers to the right. The pairing of the weapons and flags with the cringing figure pictures fear under Axis arms (fear-appeal), and the slogan presents freedom from fear as one of the Four Freedoms the Allies fight for (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 Atherton
- 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; artist Atherton, c. 1942. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44268177 (44-PF-839).
Text on the object
Atherton LIBRES DE TEMOR UNA DE LAS CUATRO LIBERTADES POR LAS QUE LUCHAN LOS ALIADOS Publicado por el Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
Atherton FREE FROM FEAR ONE OF THE FOUR FREEDOMS FOR WHICH THE ALLIES ARE FIGHTING Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
