Cartoon by Mitelberg on the dangers of the EDC (31 July 1954)

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‘Remember 1940.’ On 31 July 1954, French cartoonist Louis Mitelberg illustrates the potential dangers of participation by the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in the European Defence Community (EDC), alluding to the painful memory of the Second World War and the exodus of French civilians fleeing the Nazi invader. Many fear that including German troops in a European Defence Community (EDC) would lead to a revival of German militarism and see history repeating itself.

Source and copyright

Source: MITELBERG, Louis. "Souvenez-vous de 1940" dans L'Humanité. Organe Central du Parti Communiste Français. Paris: L'Humanité. 31.07.1954, p.4.

Copyright: (c) Mitelberg, Adagp, Paris 2008

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Cartoon by Mitelberg on the dangers of the EDC (31 July 1954)