East German Poster Database

Items

• [Berlin Wall]

  Poster is a photograph of eleven segments of the Berlin Wall, all painted with stylized open mouths on them, each with a short slogan, such as "Act up! Now" or "Fight your Misery."

• Berlin wird wieder Berlin

  This poster shows a large picture of the Brandenburg Gate with smaller images of the Berlin Wall being knocked down. The top left text reads, "Berlin is becoming Berlin again." Poster is a smaller version of PL-0183.

• Geteilte Interpretationen Maler sehen die Mauer

  This poster is black with white text. It advertises a permanent exhibition of "Split Interpretations, Painters see the Wall". Includes depictions of five pieces from the exhibit. The exhibit is open daily from 9am to 8pm.

• Ralph Pranke»wir leben die Überkunst

  This poster is a black and white urban photograph of a street with apartment complexes behind. Black text superimposed describes how paradise was lost when we started submitting to other people; beginning with religion, then via various forms of government (i.e. democracy, communism, etc.). The text ends by saying that a paradise for all is ill-advised, and should be reserved for the few. This poster is part of the "Photoshopie" by Ralph Pranke.

• Berlin Wall geometric humanoid graffiti art

  This poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art. The painting consists mainly of a red background, with black and white geometric humanoid figures sketched on top, stylized to resemble "primitive" art.

• Berlin Wall fish graffiti art

  this poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art. The painting consists of progressively larger fish from right to left, displaying progressively more prominent pirahna-like fangs. Caption inscribed on the painting "Auch Tiedge war ein dicker fisch" (Tiedge was also a fatter fish - likely in reference to Hans Tiedge, former head of West German counter-intelligence who defected to East Germany). Graffiti art is by Christophe Bouchet, 1985.

• Berlin Wall graffiti art

  This poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art. To the left is "Red Dope on Rabbits" by Noir, and to the right "Hommage a la Fontaine", by C. Bouchet and Noir, created in 1985.

• Berlin Wall graffiti art

  This poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art, mostly abstract portraits.

• Trailer in front of the Berlin Wall

  This poster is a color photograph of a trailer set up in front of the Berlin Wall, with grand buildings visible on the other side. Graffiti is prevalent on the wall behind the trailer.

• Photograph of a boy and two Russian soldiers looking at each other through opposite sides of the Wall

  This poster is a black and white photograph a boy and two Russian soldiers talking with each other through two holes in the Berlin Wall. Various bits of graffiti are seen on the wall.

• Photograph of man and woman at Checkpoint Charlie

  This poster is a black and white photograph of a man and woman standing at the Wall beneath the quad-lingual Checkpoint Charlie sign that states "You are leaving the American Sector". You can see the various bits of graffiti on the walls and posts.

• Berliner Mauerkunst

  This poster is an advertisement for a book by Ralf Gründer which documents graffiti art on the Berlin Wall. The background is a photograph of part of the art of the Berlin Wall.

• Todesschüsse an der Grenze?

  Poster features a black and white photograph of dead bodies in front of the Berlin Wall. Graffiti on the Wall reads "How much longer?" Title reads "Deadly shots at the border?" Text below reads "The walls, the spring guns, the land mines throughout the country are finally gone. A non-violent revolution accomplished this. The rulers, however, again are building fences, this time in Western Europe. Refuges are tortured and killed first in the countries where they were deported by Federal Border Police. Build no new walls: The right to asylum remains."

• Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie. 4 Ausstellungen: Die Mauer - vom 13. August bis heute. Maler interpretieren DIE MAUER. Berlin - von der Frontstadt zur Brücke Europas. Von Ghandi bis Walesa - Gewaltfreier Kampf für Menschenrechte.

  This poster shows multiple pictures of Checkpoint Charlie, including a portrait of Mahatma Ghandi.

• [no title]

  This poster shows a mass of people pushing through a gap in the Berlin Wall in an attempt to get to the West. On the other side of the Wall is a field of garbage and toxic waste.

• East Side Gallery GDR

  Poster promotes the "East Side Gallery" in the GDR, the world's largest open-air gallery. Photograph shows famous graffiti art by Dmitri Vrubel, depicting Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker.

• East Side Gallery GDR

  Poster promotes the "East Side Gallery" in the GDR, the world's largest open-air gallery. Photograph shows a segment of the Wall with graffiti depicting New York, Berlin and Tokyo.

• [black and white photo of girl climbing through the Wall]

  Poster is a large black and white photograph of a girl climbing through a hole in the Wall while through a hole to the right a policeman stands watching.

• And you! What are you doing for peace?

  Poster features a painting depicting the day the Wall came down, with a crowd of people and many straddling a part of the Wall that remains standing.

• Berlin 11 November 1989

  Poster depicts a black and white photograph of soldiers from East Germany emerging from a break in the Wall into a crowd of people on the West side.

• [collage of black and white and color images superimposed on photograph of the Wall]

  Poster features a collage of various black and white and color images superimposed on a photograph of the Wall.

• [photograph of man and boy chipping away at the Wall while a policeman watches from the other side]

  Black and white photo depicts a man and his son chipping away pieces of the Wall on the West side while a police officer looks on from the East side.

• Ich kann die Mauer nicht mehr sehen.

  Poster features two photos on gold background. First photo, taken in 1987, depicts a blind man in front of the Wall with a sign around his neck reading "I can no longer see the wall" (title). The second photo, taken in 1990, depicts the same man with the same sign in front of the now destructed Wall. Title is translated into nine languages including German and English.

• Live in Berlin

  Poster advertises a 1990 concert in Berlin for the benefit of the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. Red and black brick background with an abstract design. Concert to be held on Saturday, July 21st at Berlin's Potsdamer Platz.

• Kinderansichten

  The poster shows 12 children's drawings of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany.