WWII 1943 Anti-Nazi The Nature of the Enemy Photos Lot 6 Rockefeller Center OWI For Sale

Product Overview
This listing is for a complete lot of six original World War II era photographs documenting the historic 1943 Office of War Information (OWI) outdoor exhibition titled \"The Nature of the Enemy\". These black-and-white silver gelatin prints capture the powerful public installation designed to educate the American home front on totalitarianism and the grim realities of the Axis powers.These are high-quality, crisp prints on heavy paper stock with completely plain backs (no modern watermarks, digital logos, or barcodes). They do not feature an official wartime OWI ink stamp or press caption sheet. They are excellent, clean examples capturing five of the original tableaus and the main fountain display from the famous 1943 New York City exhibition.Exhibition Themes Included

• Concentration Camps: Features a display showing prisoners behind barbed wire with an ominous quote from Adolf Hitler.
• Militarization of Children (Two Variant Views): Shows displays depicting youth forced into military service and indoctrination.
• Suppression of Thought: Highlights the destruction of free speech, showing a replica of the New York Public Library alongside a pile of books slated to be burned.
• Unconditional Surrender: Showcases an outdoor monument displaying the Allied wartime objective.
• Home Front Support: Captures a street scene featuring Red Cross donation posters reading \"Your Pint of Blood Can Save Him.\"