Boris Yefimovich Yefimov (Russian: ?????? ????????? ???????; September 28, 1899 or 1900 – October 1, 2008) was a Soviet political cartoonist best known for his critical political caricatures of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis produced before and during the Second World War, and was the chief illustrator of the newspaper Izvestia. During his 90-year career he produced more than 70,000 drawings.
To a certain extent, cartoons were weapons. (in a 2006 interview with the Associated Press)
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Fact
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The Soviet government sent him to the Nuremburg Trials to sketch the Nazis as they faced justice.
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He said that, in 1947, Stalin personally ordered him to draw US General Eisenhower with a large army claiming the North Pole. Stalin made his own changes to the cartoon in red crayon.
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Political cartoonist whose work spanned virtually the entire history of the Communist state, from shortly after the 1917 Revolution to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hitler and Stalin: Twin Tyrants
1999
TV Movie documentary still archives
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stalin vspomnil o vas
2009
Documentary as Boris Efimovich Efimov
The Most Evil Men and Women in History
2001
TV Series
Himself
Hitler and Stalin: Twin Tyrants
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Hitler and Stalin: Twin Tyrants (1999) as Miscellaneous Crew
Stalin vspomnil o vas (2009) as Actor
The Most Evil Men and Women in History (2001) as Himself
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