BOOKS ARE WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS
Artist
S. BRODER
(1906 - 1992)
Date1942
CountryUSA
MediumPoster
DimensionsOverall: 71.1 x 50.8 cm (28 x 20")
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Phillip M. Flammer.
Object number100060014
DescriptionLarge book shaped wass towers over Nazi soldiers burning books. Red sky and red fire contrast the black books and figures. Text printed on large book cover: "Books cannot be/killed by fire./People die, but books never die./No mad and no force can put/thought in a concentration camp/forever. No man and no force can/take from the world the books that/embody man's eternal fight against/tyranny. In this war, we know, books/are weapons./Franklin D. Roosevelt signature. LLC of image: artist signature. Below image: "BOOKS ARE WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS." Subtext: "FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES WRITE DIVISION OF PUBLIC INQUIRY, OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, WASHINGTON D.C., SPECIFY O.W.I. NO. 7 (star) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1942-0-487131.On View
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JULIAN ALDEN WEIR
JULIAN ALDEN WEIR
