Lot no. 51
Very rare brochure entitled "The Army of Crime" published by German propaganda agencies. Its title echoes that of the famous Red Poster announcing the execution of the Manouchian network. The cover features a photographic medallion of Missak Manouchian. His group of 23 communist resistance fighters from the Francs-tireurs et partisans were sentenced to death on 18 February 1944 and then shot four days later at Mont-Valérien, as part of a vast anti-Semitic propaganda campaign orchestrated from 18 to 24 February 1944 under the name L'Armée du Crime . Very rare brochure titled L'Armée du Crime (The Army of Crime) published by German propaganda services. Its title echoes that of the infamous Red Poster "announcing the execution of the Manouchian resistance network. The cover features a photographic medallion portrait of Missak Manouchian. His group of 23 communist resistance fighters from the Francs-tireurs et partisans was sentenced to death on February 18, 1944, and executed four days later at Mont-Valérien, as part of a large-scale antisemitic propaganda campaign conducted from February 18 to 24, 1944 under the title The Army of Crime.
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