HITLER "WANTED FOR MURDER" POSTER

HITLER "WANTED FOR MURDER" POSTER

British propaganda poster, approx. 8 x 10 in., a mock "Wanted" poster for "Adolf Schickelgruber Alias Hitler". The poster declares that the "suspect" is "Wanted for Murder; Arson; Grand Larceny; Possession of Fire-Arms; Piracy; Treachery; Religious Persecution", and exhorts those who might encounter him to "Shoot on Sight!". The poster also gives his particulars: "This man has a tendency to become hysterical on slight provocation, has been known to throw himself on floor and gnaw rugs... He has delusions, particularly about his place in history and his powers over vast numbers of people. He is sadistic, malicious, bombastic, vengeful, mystical, maniacal, addicted to public hysteria on 'race purity', suffers from dreams of persecution..." The poster bears two "mugshots", and a spread of ten fingerprints at bottom, each with a swastika at center. It exhorts: "If captured alive or dead, the reward will be freedom for the entire world and peace for all nations." The poster was published to promote the release of the 1940 propaganda documentary "After Mein Kampf?" Marginal tears at the edges, pin holes at top, small damp-stain at bottom, else very good.