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Description: | L Cappiello 1914
image: a group of German infantrymen use a nude French woman as a human shield, firing their rifles at opposing troops
whilst standing behind and beside her as they advance. The German soldiers are dark, faceless and wear their distinctive pickelhaubes, all
of which serves to accentuate the woman's nakedness and vulnerability. This sexualised depiction of the German forces as sadistic invaders
who committed atrocities was common in small scale French First World War propaganda.
Whilst this kind of imagery was fairly common for small publications intended for individual and private consumption,
it was generallly not utilised for propaganda directed at the wider public. The latter tended to use the more typicallly noble themes of
patriotic duty and the defence of the key French values of liberty, equality and fraternity. Both forms often incorporated a sense of moral
outrage, but small scale propaganda would sometimes also use an element of titillation. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons women / womens work Military Personnel First World War nudes Atrocities and War Crimes Imperial German Army | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Cappiello, Leonetto | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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