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title: Lupig pa sa amon an mananap! (Even lower than our animals) (Samar-Leyte poster distributed in the Philippines)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-samar-leyte-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. (5 of 7)
section: Collection
---

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[![Lupig pa sa amon an mananap! (Even lower than our animals), 1951 US poster: A purple-and-yellow poster reprinting a letter](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-samar-leyte-1951.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/we-are-no-longer-human-beings-samar-leyte-1951.jpg)

# Lupig pa sa amon an mananap! (Even lower than our animals) (Samar-Leyte 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 (Waray) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
"LUPIG PA SA AMON AN MANANAP!"

(SURAT SIN USA NGA MONJA TIKANG SA RUSYA)

" MGA MAHAL NGA KAGANAK:

"Inabot guihapon an kalooy nga tinagan ako tacna sin pag sumat sa iyo nga buhi pa ako. Makakarawat ba niyo ini? Maiha na adto nga mga adlaw tikang kami pinaguikan sa Russia. Tubangan pa kunta nga iyo bation an akon kamingaw, ug an akon pag ungara nga maguin aada ako sa iyo hagdanan. Makapira ako pag isusurat: Ayao kami kalimoti! Ig ampo kami! Bulig-ue kami! Kami an makalolooy, mga binayaan, sa sag-ud san paghimakuri. Ayaw kami hingalimti! Ig ampo kami!

[...]

An makangingirhat nga kamotangan sin pag ilob san 1,500 nga mga monja sin usa nga sook sa ka-botnga-an san Russia, nahigawas ug nahibaroan san iba tongod kay usa san mga monja nga Aleman nag tago sin surat inabot ug kinarawat san iya mga kaganak.
Ini nga surat nahipasamwak sa bug-us nga Europa an kasaysayan nahibasahan san Christian Brothers sa Beltsville, Md. Nahisurat ini sa usa nga pahayagan sa Brooklyn "The Crusader" ug an kaagui san mga monja sa ira nahimomotangan, an ira guin iilob, ug an ira pakimalooy sa Dios, guin huwad sa Inglis tikang san surat nga Aleman.

(Guikan sa "The Crusader," Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Guin pasarang san Katiguban Katolico sa Pilipinas
```

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

```
"Even Lower Than Our Animals!" (literal reading; Waray) / (Letter of a nun from Russia) / "Dear children: Compassion has come to me at last to write to you that I am still alive. Can you receive this? It has been long since we were sent to Russia. [...] Do not forget us! Pray for us! Help us! We are the pitiable, abandoned ones, in the depths of hardship. [...] / The astonishing situation of the imprisonment of 1,500 nuns in a corner of Russia came out and became known to others because one of the German nuns hid a letter that reached her relatives. This letter spread throughout Europe, and the account was read by the Christian Brothers in Beltsville, Md. It was written in a newspaper in Brooklyn, "The Crusader," and the experience of the nuns, their imprisonment and their plea to God, was translated into English from the German letter. (From "The Crusader," Brooklyn, N.Y.) / Distributed by the Catholic Union in the Philippines
```

Body text abridged at [...]; headline, subtitle, opening, explanatory box and imprint are given as printed. Translation is a literal best reading.

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