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KIMON EVAN MARENGO. The moment when Ahriman-Goebbels, disguised as Zahhak-Hitler’s cook, causes serpents with the faces of Mussolini and Tojo to grow out of his shoulders. Postcards in the Persian language, produced by the Ministry of Information. c.1942. A series of postcards dating from World War II based on an episode from the famous Persian epic the Shahnameh, or ‘Book of Kings.’ For further information follow this link: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2013/05/the-shahnameh-as-propaganda-for-world-war-ii.html. Source: COI Archive PP/13/9L card 1. Language: Persian.

KIMON EVAN MARENGO. The moment when Ahriman-Goebbels, disguised as Zahhak-Hitler’s cook, causes serpents with the faces of Mussolini and Tojo to grow out of his shoulders. Postcards in the Persian language, produced by the Ministry of Information. c.1942. A series of postcards dating from World War II based on an episode from the famous Persian epic the Shahnameh, or ‘Book of Kings.’ For further information follow this link: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2013/05/the-shahnameh-as-propaganda-for-world-war-ii.html. Source: COI Archive PP/13/9L card 1. Language: Persian.
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The moment when Ahriman-Goebbels, disguised as Zahhak-Hitler’s cook, causes serpents with the faces of Mussolini and Tojo to grow out of his shoulders. Postcards in the Persian language, produced by the Ministry of Information. c.1942. A series of postcards dating from World War II based on an episode from the famous Persian epic the Shahnameh, or ‘Book of Kings.’ For further information follow this link: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2013/05/the-shahnameh-as-propaganda-for-world-war-ii.html. Source: COI Archive PP/13/9L card 1. Language: Persian.
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