Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas
Artifact IDMO 2005.13.20.7.1
Object Type
Poster
Artist
Steve Broder
(Canadian-American, 1906 - 1992)
Maker
U.S. Government Printing Office
(American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body
U.S. Office of War Information
(American, 1942 - 1945)
Issuing Body
Division of Public Inquiries, OWI
(American, founded 1942)
Date1942
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 in x W 20 in (71.1 cm x 50.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of Nazi's throwing books onto a fire. Rising up in the background is a giant book on the cover of which is a quote in black text: Books cannot be / killed by fire. / People die, but books never die. / No man and no force can put / thought in a concentration camp / forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that / embody man's eternal fight against / tyranny. In this war, we know, books / are weapons. / Franklin D. Roosevelt. Red text running across the bottom of the poster reads: BOOKS ARE WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS. The artwork is by Steve Broder. U.S. Government Printing Office 1942-O-487131. Division of Public Inquiry Office of War Information Poster No. 7.
Additional DetailsCredit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.In Collection(s)
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