File:Gino Boccasile (1901-52) African-American US soldier looting in church, broken crucifix etc WWII Fascist anti-Allied propaganda poster 1943-44 Italian Social Republic. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library No known copyright.jpg

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English: African-American soldier in church (Black American pillaging Italian church)
  • World War II Italian anti-American Fascist propaganda poster
  • Racist propaganda painting by Italian commercial illustrator Gino Boccasile (1901–1952) 1943–1945, showing an African American US soldier looting/stealing (holding silverware etc. in his arms) with tall candlesticks and a broken crucifix in a church
  • Poster issued by the Italian Social Republic (Italian: Repubblica Sociale Italiana, RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy (Italian: Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò (Italian: Repubblica di Salò), a German puppet state which was created during the later part of World War II, that existed from the beginning of the German occupation of Italy in September 1943 until the surrender of German troops in Italy in May 1945. The German occupation triggered widespread national resistance against it and the Italian Social Republic, leading to the Italian Civil War.
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Ilalian fascist and anti-Allied propaganda poster, signed by Gino Boccasile (1901-1952) an Italian illustrator, and a supporter of Benito Mussolini. Boccasile produced propaganda material for his government, including several racist and anti-semitic posters. African American soldiers were depicted in a negative way by the Italian Fascists.
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Date 1943–1945
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Author Gino Boccasile (1901–1952). No known copyright restrictions.

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