I was just going through some old papers and found this from 1940. I’m American but my mom is Finnish, and this was mixed in with some of my old birthday cards she had saved. My grandfather fought in the war.
I was just going through some old papers and found this from 1940. I’m American but my mom is Finnish, and this was mixed in with some of my old birthday cards she had saved. My grandfather fought in the war.
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Wow, nice one! Stalin as the vulture it seems.
Pretty accurate.
Thanks for sharing!
The more things change, the more they stay the same 😩
I hope you keep that somewhere safe.
[Hyökkäys by Eetu Isto](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Hy%C3%B6kk%C3%A4ys_-_Edvard_Isto%2C_1899.jpg)
Not sure how to share pics or links here but your post brought this to my mind. It’s an old painting by Eetu Isto, called “Attack” in Finnish. It depicts the two-headed eagle of the Russian Empire attacking Finland’s sovereignty and our book of law.
Same playbook
If anyone’s interested you can read old Finnish newspapers up to 1939 on the Kansalliskirjasto website. They don’t have anything beyond 1939 though due to copyright issues. But they’re so fascinating and you can definitely find other political cartoons in them. I remember seeing a few in the late ‘39 issues from Etelä-Saimaa iirc.