1941 NAZI ANTIPARTISAN WARNING BROADSIDE

1941 NAZI ANTIPARTISAN WARNING BROADSIDE
November 1941 German screen printed broadside calling for the active fight against Bolshevik partisans in occupied Ukraine. The broadside reads in parts 'Fight Against Bolshevism! In the fight against Bolshevism every man and woman is obliged to cooperate. Anyone who excludes himself is considered a follower of Bolshevism and will be annihilated. These bandits are criminal Bolsheviks whom the enemy is trying to mobilize behind the German front. Residents who become aware of...bandits or hidden weapons...must immediately inform the German Wehrmacht...Failure to report is punishable by death. If bandits are noticed on the streets...the mayor is to set up warning posts to warn the German soldiers...A certain number of residents will be shot in a bandit attack caused by negligence. November 1941 The commander of the German troops.' German Reichs eagle at the top center clutching a mobile swastika and a red printed border, the text printed in German, Ukrainian, and Russian. 17.75 x 25.5 inches, several folds.