'Life' and 'Death', German propaganda leaflet, Italy, 1944

Psychological warfare leaflet aimed at United States troops, November 1944; one of a series of leafets, mimicking 'Life' magazine covers, designed to undermine the morale of Allied forces in Italy, 1944.

The alternative being offered to US service personnel is life, represented by the portrait of a seated, naked young woman, and death, represented by a skull wearing a US steel helmet. Other variants involved more explicit images and some targeted British and Commonwealth soldiers.

Collected by Mr D Lofts,10th Indian Division, World War Two, Italy (1943-1945).