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The hardened SS Fritzes
Are playing a last-gasp masquerade.
Attempting to hide from the Red Army,
They change their visage and their clothes.
Fleeing from justice and from punishment,
They shave off their beards and mustaches
They put on peaceful robes
And ladies’ bonnets instead of helmets!
But no kind of masquerade
Will ever trick the Soviet fighter.
Behind any mask or costume
He will expose the Fascist scoundrel!
Dimensions
139 × 122 cm (54 3/4 × 48 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number
2010.157
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