Vengeance of the people

Leopoldo Méndez Mexican

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692

This print accompanies an essay by Erich Jungmann in The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe that deals with resistance and betrayal in the Balkans. A towering man representing the people is about to bring an axe down on a group of Nazis led by cowering Adolf Hitler, who clutches a dead child. The same print was used in other anti-Nazi publications concerning the bravery of the Balkan people.




Esta estampa incluida en El libro negro del terror nazi en Europa acompaña a un ensayo de Erich Jungmann sobre la resistencia y la traición en los Balcanes. Un hombre de imponente altura que representa al pueblo está a punto de ajusticiar con un hacha a un grupo de nazis liderados por un acobardado Adolf Hitler que se aferra a un pequeño muerto. La misma estampa se empleó en otras publicaciones antinazis relacionadas con la valentía de los pueblos de los Balcanes.

Vengeance of the people, Leopoldo Méndez (Mexican, 1902–1969), Linocut

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