"Syphilis and Gonorrhea...the Axis Partners"

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Title

"Syphilis and Gonorrhea...the Axis Partners"

Description

This comic poster shows a serviceman leaving a brothel and then being stalked by anthropomorphized syphilis and gonorrhea germs. The germs are presented as German and Japanese stereotypes. They try to prevent the young man from going to the prophylaxis station after having sex.

Source

National Archives, Record Group 112: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), Series: Posters Promoting Venereal Disease Prevention and the Prevention of Other Diseases, circa 1942-1944.

Date

1943

Identifier

NARA: 112-P-56

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Poster (Slide of original)

Files

1943 Axis Partners .jpg

Citation

Paul McCarthy, artist, “"Syphilis and Gonorrhea...the Axis Partners",” Venereal Disease Visual History Archive, accessed April 20, 2024, https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/396.

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