The Nazi Kennel 1941

This is a cartoon by the Soviet artist collective Kukryniksy, though the date and medium remain unspecified. The visual arrangement immediately strikes one as a perverse parody. The composition centres on a table around which caricatured figures, depicted as dogs, are arranged. Hitler, skeletal and pallid, is at the head, feebly attempting to feed his canine companions. Each dog, labeled with names such as 'Mussolini' and 'Horthy,' is tethered to Hitler, underscoring their subservience. The stark use of colour further amplifies this theme. The sickly green backdrop and the ashen tones of Hitler contrast sharply with the brighter, more animated colors of the dogs, suggesting a diseased and decaying regime. It cleverly uses anthropomorphic symbolism and metaphor, and reflects the Soviet Union's broader ideological critique of Nazi Germany and its allies.