Original WWII German Propaganda Leaflet – For Soviet Soldiers – “Fighter, Commander, Political Worker!” – Fully translated – Rare

Description

WWII propaganda leaflet produced by the Germans for Soviet soldiers. It follows the same theme as the other “Passierschein” (safe-conduct passes).

Text (translation):

“Fighter, Commander, Political Worker!”

The Bolsheviks forcibly drove the peasant into collective farms (kolkhozes), depriving him of the right to freely work his own land. They shot and deported to the North into camps millions of peasants who resisted this robbery. Now the Bolsheviks force you to shed blood to preserve the kolkhozes, where the peasant works beyond his strength and still cannot feed himself.

Bayonets into the ground! Stop resistance, help build a new Russia, where every peasant will receive his own land as property.

Back Side (in Russian and German)

Heading: “Passierschein” (Safe-Conduct Pass)

Text (translation):

This pass is valid for an unlimited number of fighters, commanders, and political workers of the Red Army.

The German command does not publish lists of prisoners of war. Their names are reported only at their personal request and only if their relatives are in liberated territory.

This pass is valid until the end of the war.

Crossing over to the side of the German forces can be done even without a pass: It is enough to raise both hands and shout “Bayonets in the ground!” or “Stalin kaput!”