ALEKSANDR ZHITOMIRSKY/ PHOTOMONTAGE AS A WEAPON OF WORLD WAR II AND THE COLD WAR

The leading Russian propaganda artist A. Zhitomirsky (19071993) made photomontages that were airdropped on German troops during Wor ld War II. He later worked for Pravda and other leading publications, satirizing American politics and finance from the Truman throu gh the Reagan eras and educating his public about Egypt, South Africa, Vietnam, and Nicaragua as well. Zhitomirsky favored the grote sque and the eye-catching. His villainous menagerie included Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels as a distorted simian and an airborne sc orpion ou...[Read more]