East German Poster Database

Items

• In ihrem Grab, vor der Ausrottung: Menschen

  In the center is a photograph copied from the book "Der Krieg und das Kind" of soldiers in a field. Around the copy are words, including "Soldier of German Nazis," "Woman," "Child," "murdered person," and "in their grave, before extermination: people." In the upper right corner are the words "for the 8th of May — Day of Liberation." "Proof copy" is written in pencil in the lower left corner.

• Hier spricht die Zivilverteidigung

  Poster is divided into rectangular segments with various textual excerpts, cartoon images, and diagrams. Primary colors are red, orange, yellow, and blue. Poster promotes the German Civil Defense.

• Seine Ideen/unsere Praxis/Friedrich Engels 1820-1895

  Poster is a black and white portrait of Friedrich Engels. Title in black at top and red at bottom reads "His Ideas/Our Practice" with name and birth/death dates in red vertical on right.

• Eure Anstrengungen, sozialistisch zu arbeiten, zu lernen und zu leben, sind ein hervorragender Ausdruck…

  This poster has a red photograph of German workers reading a newspaper. The left hand side of the poster beneath the text is blue.

• Unsere Liebe unser Wissen und unsere Tat unserem sozialistischen Vaterland, der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.

  This poster is a photograph of several young German woman at a rally.

• Rosa Luxemburg ---Kommunistin---Vorkämpferin für Sozialismus und Frieden---Mitbegründerin der KPD---1919 Opfer der Reaktion

  This poster is a black and white portrait of Rosa Luxemburg with red text across the bottom right corner.

• Wohlstand statt Sozialismus

  Poster is white with green border. Title reads "Prosperity instead of socialism". Bottom text reads "Therefore on March 18th, yes to DSU". Poster was created for the March 1990 elections.

• 18 März

  Poster has German flags in three corners and DA insignia bottom left. Title reads "March 18th" and text describes who the party is and what changes they would like to see. Bottom reads "We want an honest alternative to 40 years of socialism, therefore: Your vote on March 18th, 1990 for our common Democratic Awakening (DA)!" Poster was created for the March 1990 elections.

• Ariane Mnouchkine, Mephisto nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Klaus Mann- Schauspeilhaus Leipziger Theater

  This poster is black with a black and white photo at bottom of a crowd of people (civilians) with their arms raise in a salute to Hitler. The text is in white on the diagonal from bottom left to top right. This poster advertises for the play "Mephisto" from Ariane Mnouchkine, after the novel by Klaus Mann.