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The poster reads:

Des libérateurs? La libération par l'armée du crime!
"Liberators? Liberation by the army of crime!"

From left to right, and top to bottom, individual portraits are labeled:

  • GRZYWACZ: Juif polonais, 2 attentats (Polish Jew, 2 terrorist attacks)
  • ELEK: Juif hongrois, 5 déraillements (Hungarian Jew, 5 derailments)
  • WASJBROT: Juif polonais, 1 attentat, 1 déraillement (Polish Jew, 1 terrorist attack, 1 derailment)
  • WITCHITZ: Juif polonais, 15 attentats (Polish Jew, 15 terrorist attacks - although it is unclear if Witchitz was in fact Jewish or Polish)
  • FINGERCWAJG: Juif polonais, 3 attentats, 5 déraillements (Polish Jew, 3 terrorist attacks, 5 derailments)
  • BOCZOV: Juif hongrois, chef dérailleur, 20 attentats (Hungarian Jew, chief of derailment operations, 20 terrorist attacks)
  • FONTANOT: Communiste italien, 12 attentats (Italian Communist, 12 terrorist attacks. His correct name was Fontano)
  • ALFONSO: Espagnol rouge, 2 attentats (Red Spaniard, 2 terrorist attacks)
  • RAYMAN: Juif polonais, 13 attentats (Polish Jew, 13 terrorist attacks)
  • MANOUCHIAN: Arménien, chef de bande, 56 attentats, 150 morts, 600 blessés (Armenian, boss of the gang, 56 terrorist attacks, 150 dead, 600 wounded)

The bottom features photographs of:

  • the right shoulder and right chest of a corpse, riddled by bullet holes
  • a dead body lying on the ground
  • a derailed locomotive
  • a derailed train
  • a collection of small arms, grenades, and bomb components, displayed on a table
  • another derailed train

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