Hitler portrait as dart target, 1944

A framed Hitler portrait serves as an informal dartboard for Allied soldiers—a common form of distancing from the enemy in the daily life of war in 1944.

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Jack Lieb captured everyday scenes behind the front lines in 1944 with his private Kodachrome camera. Using a Hitler portrait as a target was a widespread ritual among Allied soldiers and correspondents—an act of gallows humor and symbolic opposition. Such scenes are among the informal peripheral moments in Lieb’s film that document the spirit of daily life in the field between the Normandy landing and the advance through France.

Resolution 5758 × 4320 px (24,9 MP)
File format TIFF, 16-bit
Year taken 1944
Location Cherbourg
Collection Historiathek / zb Media
Source archive NARA
Photographer Unbekannt
Rights Historiathek / zb Media GmbH