April 26, 1961: The Swiss satirical Nebelspalter magazine features an illustration by Jean Leffel of Yuri Gagarin breaking the chains of gravity…and (perhaps) Soviet control. Courtesy of

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Swiss illustration published in the satirical Nebelspalter magazine (26 April 1961) showing Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flying into space, breaking his chains as he goes. Illustration by Jean Leffel.

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“Atom bombs in the East and West” — Swiss cartoon published in Nebelspalter magazine (October 1949) showing Stalin and Truman as mothers with their atom bomb babies.

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Portada de Miroslav Barták para Nebelspalter (2009).

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