East German Poster Database

Items

• [Erich Honecker]

  Poster is a large portrait of Erich Honecker with a blue background. Image commonly used as Honecker's definitive portrait. Poster is a smaller version of PL-0474.

• Zu den progressiven Traditionen... / Erich Honecker / Martin Luther

  This poster commemorates the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther's birth. It has a lengthy quote from Erich Honecker. Poster is white with black text. Oversize.

• 25

  Poster is yellow with color photographs of children participating in FDJ "Pioneer" activities (one includes Erich Honecker). Poster celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Young Pioneers. The right side of the poster is meant to be cut out and folded like a harmonica. Box 1.

• Erich I

  Poster is an abstracted portrait of Erich Honecker. Primary colors are black, pink, and orange. Poster is second in a series of two.

• Erich I

  Poster is an abstracted portrait of Erich Honecker. Primary colors are pink, blue, and green. Portrait appears upside down with a second faint outline of the portrait visible right-side-up. Poster is first in a series of two.

• Die DDR das sind wir!

  This poster, which celebrates the twenty-five-year anniversary of the GDR, shows a a multitude of images of workers and people in East Germany.

• [Erich Honecker]

  Poster is a large portrait of Erich Honecker with a blue background. Image commonly used as Honecker's definitive portrait.

• …denn wir wollen leben!

  This poster has a photograph of small children playing in a sandbox. A quotation by Erich Honecker appears under the title at the top.

• 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.

• (No Text)

  This poster is a large portrait of Erich Honecker.

• Held der Republik

  This poster has a portrait of Erich Honecker, the leader of the DDR until 1989. It refers to him as the "hero of the Republic." The poster is framed by barbed wire.

• Mit den Taten der Jugend voran in die Zukunft

  This poster shows East German youths engaging in work programs and political rallies.

• Milliarden in die Rüstung…

  Photo of a line of people superimposed on photo of US Air Force weapons and machinery (black and white). Text argues against the the new US armament and includes an expanded quote by Erich Honecker on the virtues of the socialist society.

• Answer to many questions

  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the text on the poster images. The main picture shows a large group of young people in blue shirts carrying signs with the symbol of the festival, a globe that looks like a flower with red, green, yellow, and blue petals. Box 5.

• Pledge for world peace

  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English except for the “Pledge for Peace” letter which is in German. Pictures are of the pledge, and envoys and delegates from various countries, including Erich Honecker. Box 5.

• Solidarity - now more than ever

  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. This poster is about solidarity with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Pictures show soldiers in uniform as well as Vietnamese men in black suits dancing with European girls dressed in some sort of Folk costume. There is also a picture of Erich Honecker in the bottom right corner. Box 5.

• That was the Tenth

  This poster contained within folder CS-0182 and is part of a series of posters that all deal with the 10th World Festival that took place in 1973 in Berlin. All of the text on this poster is in English. Pictures show the first day of the World Festival which begins in the Stadium of World Youth. On the side there is a smaller picture showing Erich Honecker and Roberto Viezzi. Box 5.