File:Political graffiti, Western Front, during World War I. The wall of a ruined building, which is covered in graffiti. To the left it reads, ' - ier gehts fur Kaiser und Reich' which could be translated (4687947271).jpg

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English: Political graffiti, Western Front, during World War I. The wall of a ruined building, which is covered in graffiti. To the left it reads, ' ..ier gehts fur Kaiser und Reich' which could be translated as 'For king and country'. To the right, partly hidden by the wall, are the words, 'Gott straf[e?] Engl.', which could mean, ' May God punish England'.

This is an interesting example of a very direct form of propaganda and intimidation, but one which only occasionally survives in photographs. It is directly comparable to the use of sectarian graffiti on house walls in Belfast in the late twentieth century.
[Original reads: 'Hun humour.']

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