Liberators

Dutch SS-Storm Magazine published "Liberators" in 1944 as part of a anti-america socialist movement. This image uses irony to depict the United States as false heroes. The central figure in the image represents the United States, and is made up of all it's problems. The lower right arm depicts the high criminal activity and gun violence  in the 40s. Miss Victory on the creature left wing, along with the female right leg represents the prejudice against women in the history of the United States. On the right shoulder of this figure is Miss America. She wears a head dress which portrays the mistreatment of natives americans. The two black arms, one holding a record the other a boxing glove holding a money back, embodies the only to ways a black man can make it in America, this being in music or sports. The noose hanging from the black arm and the hood the figure wears, represent the Ku Klux Klan and america's issue with racism. The pilot wings on the creatures back, along with it's nuclear left leg symbolize the military culture of the United States in this time. The irony comes from the title. Despite all these problems the United States still claim to be "Liberators."