File:Gino Boccasile (1901-52) Acuso (I acuse) WWII Fascist propaganda poster 1944 Mourning old mother in black gold medal Italian Social Republic. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library No known copyright 07043.jpg

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Woman in a black dress with a medal on it and her hands held together

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English: Acuso ('I acuse')
  • World War II Italian Fascist propaganda poster
  • Propaganda painting by Italian commercial illustrator Gino Boccasile (1901–1952) 1944, showing a lonely, elderly woman dressed in black mourning clothes and with a gold medal on her chest
  • Poster issued by the Italian Social Republic (Italian: Repubblica Sociale Italiana, RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy (Italian: Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò (Italian: Repubblica di Salò), a German puppet state which was created during the later part of World War II, that existed from the beginning of the German occupation of Italy in September 1943 until the surrender of German troops in Italy in May 1945. The German occupation triggered widespread national resistance against it and the Italian Social Republic, leading to the Italian Civil War.
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Poster depicting a mourning mother with the gold medal in memory of her son who died fighting for the Italian Social Republic. “I accuse” she says. Hers is an exhortation against the surrenders. Signed by Gino Boccasile (1901-1952) an Italian illustrator, and a supporter of Benito Mussolini. Boccasile produced propaganda material for his government, including several racist and anti-semitic posters.
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Author Gino Boccasile (1901–1952). No known copyright restrictions.
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