Light is the best target for a bomb

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Artist/Maker	Reichsluftschutzbund (publisher) Waldheim-Eberle (printer)
Place of origin	Vienna (printed) Berlin (published)

"Licht ist das... Bombenzil" Unknown designer. Austria, ca. 1940.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Light is the best target for a bomb (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Paper Ink
Brief description	"Licht ist das... Bombenzil" Unknown designer. Austria, ca. 1940.
Dimensions	Height: 61cm Width: 42.8cm
Marks and inscriptions	(translated from the German) Translation Light is the best target for a bomb. So remember to black out completely! It has been noticed that enemy pilots almost exclusively attack at night in the western zone, and that they randomly bomb areas where light can be detected. Therefore, it is the duty of each and every one to black out drastically, in the interest of oneself and the entire People, who are to be protected from every danger coming from above. Extremely important in the border zone, this is also true for our own territory. There, too, everything that could be seen as a target for a bomb during the nightly attacks of the enemy should be avoided. Published by the headquarters of the 'Reichsluftschutzbund', Berlin [printed by] Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted	National Socialism War Propaganda Light Bombs Bombs World War II
Places depicted	Vienna Austria
Other number	LS.609 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.170-2004

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Record created	March 8, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110044/light-is-the-best-target-poster-reichsluftschutzbund/

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