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HERBLOCK, Washington Post
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev fostered change in the Soviet Union, introducing his new policy of "peaceful coexistence" with the West. Nevertheless, the Berlin Crisis of 1961, which took place after 20 percent of the East German population had fled to the West, pushed him to the point that his official statements became contradictory. Herblock uses the metaphor of a flight path to portray the circuitous nature of Soviet propaganda as the Berlin Wall sealed the border crossing.
Herblock (1909–2001). Orbit, 1961. Published in the Washington Post, August 8, 1961. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection. |