World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda

Date: 1943 - 1944

By: Skevington, Eric Bennett, 1914-1985

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Propaganda-Italy-1944-01

Description: Pamphlet shows on one side a colourful scene of a beach, orange tree, palms and cypresses, with an outline drawing of a woman in a bikini, and the words "Italy wants to see you". The other side is in black and white and shows a skeleton in an attacking posture over a field of cemetery crosses topped with war helmets. At the lower edge are the words "But did you expect to find it like this?" New Zealand troops first fought in Italy in late 1943 and early 1944. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on two sides of pamphlet, 206 x 284 mm.

Date: 1945

By: Fehling, Heinz, 1912-1989; Whyle, Ivan, active 1940-1990

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Propaganda-Italy-1945-01

Description: Pamphlet shows on one side a colourful scene of the Italian countryside on either side of the Po River, with the towns of Cremona, Brescia, Mantova, Verona, Padova, Rovigo, Modena and Ferrara, and in the right foreground a smiling young woman holding a large basket of grapes and oranges. The other side shows a black and white illustration of a laughing skeleton wading in the Po River with a wrecked bridge in the background, and soldiers on boats being attacked and killed by enemy shell fire. Artist identified as Heinz Fehling, by public feedback, in 2017. Inscriptions: Recto - F [Artist's initial] Historical notes are based on a letter from the donor, Ivan Whyle; a copy of the letter is housed with smaller propaganda posters at Eph-A-WAR-WII-Propaganda-Italy. Both the Senio and the Po Rivers were crossed in April 1945. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on two sides of pamphlet, 203 x 295 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Ivan Whyle, of Auckland, in 1990. Mr Whyle was a member of the 12th Platoon, B Company, 24th New Zealand Infantry Battalion.

Date: 1939 - 1945

From: Jackson, E R C (Lieutenant), 1907- :Photographs taken in the Middle East during World War II

By: Jackson, Edward Robert Campbell, 1907-1973

Reference: PA1-o-572

Description: Album compiled by Lieutenant E R C Jackson (New Plymouth), which includes views of Waiouru, departure of the 2NZEF and voyage; Athens, Egypt and Italy. No names are given for any portraits or group portraits. Towards the end of the album there is a series of propaganda posters and leaflets; a copy of a Safe Conduct leaflet; and the British military identity document in the name of Edward Robert Campbell Jackson. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black leather-bound volume with coloured decorative Egyptian motifs; 20.5 x 29.0 cm

Date: 1944-1945

By: New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force; Evatt, Gerald Sinclair, 1906-1981

Reference: PAColl-0338

Description: Photographs of the Japaneses capitulation in South East Asia and the Pacific, particularly Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. They include a number of photographs of Japanese prisoners of war being marched to camps; the signing of surrender documents by Australian officers; painting Japan Surrenders on the underside of RAAF plane wings to inform Japanese forces; the announcement of the Japanese surrender by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore; the Duke of Gloucester, Governor General of Australia, visiting troops; a Japanese tank on fire; and earlier photographs of Allied forces on Bougainville in 1944. The photographs are nearly all official Royal New Zealand Air Force and are captioned on the reverse. Also included with the collection is a copy of New Zealand Freemason frm May 1977 which includes a photograph of the NZEF Masonic Association meeting in 1918 in France.. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-216

Description: Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: Bertiglia, Aurelio, 1891-; Danahay, Leonard John, 1919-2010

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Italian-Propaganda

Description: Copy of four propaganda postcards in Bertiglia's style, showing the representatives of each country as round-faced children: 1. [British?] caught with their pants down during a bombing raid. One is a policeman under a big black umbrella. 2. Italians, German and Japanese goad a crying British soldier. Uncle Sam and the Russian bear look on, while Greece, Britain's performing dog, lies defeated. 3. The fight on the globe: The German Nazi, the Italian Fascist and the Japanese Militarist kick the British out of Africa, Asia and Europe. 4. Germans and Italians torture the wounded British lion. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (laser print). Physical Description: Colour laser print, 210 x 297 mm. Provenance: Doanted by Mr L J Danahay in 2003.

Date: 1944

By: Bay, Edith, active 1977

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-German-Propaganda-1944-03

Description: A series recounting the adventures of "Joan": "To-day she is pulling down 60 bucks ..."; verso text "Sam knows what he wants - for him the slaughter can't last long enough. Joan loves Bob but she doesn't know when he will come back". Handsome Bob Harrison, Joan's fiance, is on the front thousands of miles away fighting for guys like Sam Levy, while Sam is taking liberties with Joan. "Joan is feeling so lonely anyway ...."; verso text: "Sam at work" (Sam Levy at work seducing his secretary Joan Hopkins) "Poor little Joan! She is still thinking of Bob ...." verso text: "The way of all flesh". Joan still thinks of Bob but dreads his return because of her conduct while he is away. "It was a rude awakening for her ..."; verso text "The moment she dreaded ... two years is a long time for any girl" (Joan and Sam meet amputee Bob in the street; he had been posted as missing) These leaflets were probably intended for American troops as they discuss the social situation in New York. It is likely that they were dropped over Italy where there were both New Zealand and American troops. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on leaflets. Physical Description: Photolithographs, black and white, on leaflets 128 x 90 mm.

Date: 1972

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-4977

Description: Photographs taken by John Bailey showing wood chopping, show jumping, and sheep shearing events at the Trentham A&P Show. Also included are images showing the Prime Minister's cricket match at Anderson Park. Individuals are unidentified. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered in a slide case titled "Z13 Z14 Feb 1972 Mar 1972". Quantity: 13 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1941-1945

From: Jansen, Nancy, fl 1940-1996 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5556-1

Description: Comprises papers relating to Lilburne, including a diet analysis sheet, a desired Christmas menu, a short story, `The missing ear-rings; a Christmas mystery' (2 copies) and a poem, `Rabbits in concentration camp' by Lilburne, `Birthday ballads or annals of Anne' by Paddy (E G Jansen), printed propaganda photographs put out by the Japanese, and a postcard from Dr John Alistair Loan (1943) Lilburne was interned on Hornam Island after Pearl Harbour during WWII; she was a member of the New Zealand Presbyterian Mission at Canton. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1942-1944]

By: Andrews, Noel Edwin, 1921-; Hawkins, D A, active 1940s; Gordon, V C, active 1941; Spence, A J, active 1941; Allen, K C (Senior Sergeant), active 1940s

Reference: PAColl-0529

Description: Photographs collected by Don Sinclair for an unpublished history of the 19th Armoured Regiment of campaigns in Syria, Egypt, and Crete. They include: soldiers in a foxhole at Minqar Qaim; "Hun" prisoners under guard in 19th Batallion area, Crete; troops arriving by ship at Piraeus; military camps in Italy and Syria; a shot down German Stuka aeroplane; examples of propaganda; tanks in use and damaged; aerial photography; a man mending bicycles; troops on the deck of the HMAS Nizam; a ruined church at Galatos (?); soldiers on the beach in Crete; German soldiers being addressed informally possibly by Goering; soldiers in Syria with a snowman; soldiers at Ed Duda, Egypt; and Private Smith of Taranaki Company at the Syria ski school. Other names given are: Laurie Boyes, Harry Laudimore(?), Ted Toseland, G Palmer, N Andrews, V Gordon, G Arthur, T Hermon, Tom Senior, Laurie Boyer, George Greenwood, Cyril Muir, Eric Boyton, D Dawson, M Goodin, Brigadier L M Inglis, Snow(?) Coleman, Cliff Stark, Ewan Taylor, Jim Warden, Pat Paterson, George Baxter, Bill Lowry, Harold McMillan. Most of the photographs are captioned with notes presumably by Don Sinclair. Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1941 - 1942

By: Great Britain. Royal Air Force

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Allied-Propaganda-1941

Description: Pamphlets published by the Royal Air Force and by the United States Government. Includes pamphlets in French and German, criticising Hitler, reassuring France. German titles include: "Der Fuehrer uebernimmt des Kommando" (The Fuhrer takes over the command); "Ich fuehle mich so frisch. Es kommt der Fruehling" (I feel so fresh; Spring is coming - said by Hitler standing amongst the dead on a snowy battlefield); Russlands zweite Linie kampfbereit (Russia's second line is ready for combat); Roosevelt befiehlt: feuer! (Roosevelt instructs "Fire!"); Winter ohne wolle (Winter without want); "Die Blatter fallen" - Snow covers fallen leaves that fell on fallen soldiers in Russia; Predigt des Bischofs Clemens August Graf von Galen, Gehalten am 13 Juli 1941 in der Lamvertikirche zu Munster in W (Lecture by Bishop Clemens August Count Von Galen, 13 July 1941 in the Lambertikirche in Munster in W). French titles include: Winston Churchill, ami de la France (Winston Churchill, friend of France); Aux populations de la France occupee (To the people of occupied France); Hitler avance ... vers l'Abime (Hitler advances ... towards the abyss); La Grand Alliance se concerte pour la guerre mondiale (The Allies act together for world war); Crise en Allemagne; Hitler declare "Desormais c'est mon intuition qui vous mene" (Crisis in Germany - Hitler declares "From now on I'll lead you by intuition") (This issue features a cartoon by David Low "Guide par son intuition, Adolf guide ses generaux" - showing a blind Hitler wearing five hats, leading his generals into the wilderness); Le message du President Roosevelt au Congres 6 janvier 1942 (President Roosevelt's message to Congress, 6 January 1942) Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) pamphlets (including some duplicates). Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlets, sizes varying below 250 mm. Provenance: The pamphlets were sent by Mr Peter Williamson to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in April 2002 as part of "Lest we forget" campaign.

Date: [ca 1943-1944]

From: Johnston, Royden Hugh, 1915-2005 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5260-1

Description: Language - Includes several items of propaganda material in German with brief indication of contents Language - Includes several items of propaganda material in Italian, some translated reasonably fully Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs and printed matter

Date: 1943-1945

From: Cameron, Catherine, 1907-1997 : Papers

Reference: 97-224-06/01

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1946-1947

From: Cameron, Catherine, 1907-1997 : Papers

Reference: 97-224-06/02

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1944

By: Bay, Edith, active 1977

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-German-Propaganda-1944-04

Description: Recto shows a trouserless man watching a woman running away with his trousers. On the verso is a message telling New Zealanders and Indians that the British morale has reached a deplorably low level owing to American liberties - "no girl and no woman in England is feeling safe of the snares that are constantly being laid by the American offiers and soldiers" - "while you are stuck in the mud they are waging an amusing war in England. Therefore they are also being paid about twice as much as you are - so that they should be able to wave filled wallets in case their charm alone would not be inducing enough". This is an example of a flier distributed by Germany (probably from aeroplanes), over English-speaking troops in Europe (mainly Italy?) during the Second World War. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of flier. Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of flyer, 207 x 146 mm.

Date: 1944

From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers

Reference: 2003-005-7/03

Description: Two propaganda leaflets, one German and one British, used in Italy. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1944-1946

From: Cameron, Catherine, 1907-1997 : Papers

Reference: 97-224-05/06

Description: Scripts (some draft, some complete) and some correspondence with Central Office of Information for Ministry of Information publication `British ally', mostly on film topics Other Titles - Britanskyi Soyuznik Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1944

By: Germany. Propaganda Abschnitts Offizer Italien

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-German-Propaganda-1944-02

Description: A World War Two German propoganda radio leaflet. Recto shows an image resembling a "Life" magazine cover, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of a young woman saluting; she wears only a metal helmet, and holds a copy of a magazine showing the same cover image. The verso is a mock-up of a magazine called "Death" and shows a skull wearing the same helmet. Note retrieved 13 October 2016 from http://www.germanpostalhistory.com/php/viewitem.php?itemid=54529 states "the "AI" indicates this leaflet is from Propaganda Abschnitts Offizer Italien, for use on the Allies fighting their way up the boot of Italy in 1944-1945". AI's leaflets were produced in both Berlin and Verona, Italy. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on both sides of flier. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on both sides of flyer, 140 x 101 mm.

Date: 1944

From: [Calendars for the years of the 1940s, of approximately A3 size].

Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1944-02

Description: Patriotic calendar shows the emblem of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force: the initials NZ inside a fern wreath, topped with a crown, with the word "Onward" beneath. The small attached calendar has an illustration of an hourglass, a candle and holly leaves beside the word "Greetings". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on board 246 x 194 mm, with attached calendar 70 x 125 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private owner via Trademe, in April 2010.

Date: 1940-1950

From: Cameron, Catherine, 1907-1997 : Papers

Reference: 97-224-06/04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).