Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt transport a vanquished Hitler, snakes sprouting from his shoulders, following Kaveh, the mythical blacksmith who raised a revolt against the tyrant Zahhak

Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt transport a vanquished Hitler, snakes sprouting from his shoulders, following Kaveh, the mythical blacksmith who raised a revolt against the tyrant Zahhak. Goebbels is tied to the horse's tail.

During the Second World War a series of propaganda posters appeared in Iran, based on the national epic, the "Shahnameh", in which Hitler is portrayed as the monstrous three-headed serpent king Zahhak. Two snake heads grow from the shoulders of Zahhak-Hitler, bearing the faces of Mussolini and Hideki Tojo. Goebbels is shown as Zahhak's diabolical cook.

One day Hitler has a dream about three heroes, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, who are destined to kill him. And so it comes to pass.

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