--- title: Baco na caming mga tawo! (We are not people any more!) (Bikol poster distributed in the Philippines) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-bikol-1951/ description: A purple-and-yellow poster reprinting a letter said to be from a German nun held with 1,500 others in a labour camp in Russia. (1 of 7) section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Baco na caming mga tawo! (We are not people any more!) [![Baco na caming mga tawo! (We are not people any more!), 1951 US poster: A purple-and-yellow poster reprinting a letter said](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-bikol-1951.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-bikol-1951.jpg) # Baco na caming mga tawo! (We are not people any more!) (Bikol poster distributed in the Philippines) A purple-and-yellow poster reprinting a letter said to be from a German nun held with 1,500 others in a labour camp in Russia, ringed by drawings of guards whipping and beating nuns and of a bridge over the Dnieper. It asks readers to pray for the nuns. The tell is testimonial: an anonymous letter is vouched for only by the publications that carried it, with no checkable names or dates. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) ## Text on the object Original (Bikol) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` "BACO NA CAMING MGA TAWO!" (SARONG SURAT NA HALI SA RUSYA) "MAHAL KONG MGA MAGURANG: "Sa katapusan nagcaigua ako nin oportunidad na magtao nin sinyal na ako buhay pa. Haloyon nang panahon dai kita nagkahilingan magpoon can pagkasacayan samuya pasiring sa Russia. Ano dai ninyo namamatean an capongawan ko asin cagostohan ko na macaoli saindo? Macapera nang beses ako nagmawot na magsurat saindo: Dai ninyo cami paglingawan! Ipangadie ninyo cami! Tabangi cami! Nagtitios cami, napapabayaan sa daing catapusan na casakitan. Dai ninyo cami paglingawan! Ipangadie ninyo cami! [...] Sarong malinaw na agui agui manongod can pinasakitan na 1,500 na mga mongha na pipag trabajo na garong oripon sa sarong lugar can Russia nacaabot sa bilog na quinaban caso may saro can mga mongha na tuminago ki sarong surat sa luwas can campo na nacaabot sa maguran niya. Ang surat nacapublicar sa lugar can Europa asin su libro narecibe ki sarong Christian Brothers sa Beltsville, Md. Nacapublicar pa sana sa diario "The Crusader" sa Brooklyn. Ang estoria can mga mongha sa campo asin an paghagad na ipangadie sinda na kun sa Bicol halin sa linguahi ng Aleman ay iyo ini: (Isinurat hali sa "The Crusader," Brooklyn N.Y.) Diniskribuer san Organisacion can Catolico sa Filipinas ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` "We Are Not People Any More!" / (A letter from Russia) / "My dear parents: At last I have had the chance to give a sign that I am still alive. It has been a long time since we have seen each other, since we were sent to Russia. [...] Many times I wanted to write to you: Do not forget us! Pray for us! Help us! We are suffering, abandoned in endless pain. [...] / A clear account of the suffering of 1,500 nuns made to work like slaves in a place in Russia reached the whole world when one of the nuns hid a letter outside the camp that reached her parents. The letter was published in Europe and a copy was received by a Christian Brother in Beltsville, Md. It was also published in the newspaper "The Crusader" in Brooklyn. The story of the nuns in the camp and their plea to be prayed for, in Bicol from the German language, is this: (Written from "The Crusader," Brooklyn N.Y.) / Distributed by the Catholic Organization in the Philippines ``` Body text abridged at [...]; headline, subtitle, opening, explanatory box and imprint are given as printed. Translation is a literal best reading. [← Kami ay mistulang mga hayup! (We are like starved animals) (Tagalog poster distributed in the Philippines)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-tagalog-1951/) [Bulamu animal cami mu! (We are only animals to you) (Pampango poster distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-pampango-1951/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). Content note: Shows bound captives before the king, and the inscription records the mutilation and public execution of rebel leaders, as the king's own account. - [Tomb of Darius I at Naqsh-e Rustam: the king in relief beside his inscription DNa, c. 490 BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dna-inscription-darius-i-naqsh-e-rustam-490bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Testimonial, Card stacking) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Bronze sestertius of Gaius (Caligula), reverse S P Q R P P OB CIVES SERVATOS in an oak wreath](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-caligula-ob-cives-servatos-0037/) (Roman Empire · 0037 · Testimonial, Transfer) - [Bronze sestertius of Trajan, reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, S C, the emperor on horseback riding down an enemy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sestertius-trajan-optimo-principi-0103/) (Roman Empire · 0103 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities) - [Seljuq gold dinar of Sanjar, dated 493 AH, with the Abbasid caliph named on one face](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/seljuq-gold-dinar-sanjar-caliph-name-1099/) (Great Seljuk Empire · 1099 · Testimonial) - [Estoire d'Eracles page with Bernard of Clairvaux preaching the Second Crusade in the initial (Walters W.137, fol. 180v)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eracles-bernard-preaching-second-crusade-w137-1275/) (France · 1275 · Testimonial) - [Opening page of the Estoire d'Eracles (William of Tyre in French), with the Crucifixion and Pope Urban II preaching the First Crusade in the initial (Walters W.137, fol. 1r)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eracles-urban-ii-preaching-first-crusade-w137-1275/) (France · 1275 · Testimonial, Transfer)