East German Poster Database

Items

• Bauherrenprobleme. Einen Einsturz können wir uns nicht leisten, wir haben nur dieses Haus.

  This poster shows a house composed of map pieces. The body of the house is a map of Europe, Asia, and Africa, while the roof is a starmap of constellations.

• Die Welt verändert ihr Gesicht Der Sozialismus siegt!

  This poster is yellow and shows various graphs relating to the industrial production and population of socialist and capitalist states around the world.

• Soviet Space Capsule

  This poster depicts a Soviet space vehicle being trailed by a swooping band composed of the Soviet and DDR flags.

• Interkosmos '78 Gemeinsamer Kosmosflug Sojus-31

  This poster is a portrait of two cosmonauts, Waleri Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn, who manned the Soyuz 31 mission.

• Gemeinsamer Kosmosflug UdSSR/DDR Raumstation Salut 6 - Sojus 29/31

  This poster is a painting of a Soviet space station in orbit above the Earth. The station is presented with a cutaway view that shows portions of the interior.

• 8. Mai 1945 8. Mai 1980 35 Jahre Befreiung

  This poster shows a large image in black and white of Soviet soldiers raising USSR flags over Berlin in 1945. Smaller pictures on the poster show various scenes of Soviet soldiers and cosmonauts.

• [Various travel pictures from the Soviet Union]

  Eight pictures taken from various attractions and events within the Soviet Unon. Pictures were meant to be cut out and displayed on a Wandzeitungsarbeit (similar to a collage)

• In memoriam Juri Gagarin Start: 12.4.61, 7 07 Mez

  This poster shows Juri Gagarin, the first man in space, superimposed on a background that includes Copernicus' plan of the solar system, an armillary sphere, and the earth.

• Opéra Féerie von Jacques Offenbach: Die Reise auf den Mond

  This poster depicts a spherical object in the midst of white speckled blue background meant to simulate space. The sphere (representing the moon) is filled with a collage of various culture symbols with white text going around the left edge giving the title of the opera. A gray space shuttle touches it from the bottom left corner. This poster advertises for an opera titled "The Journey to the Moon", from Jacques Offenbach's Opera Extravaganza.

• Der Pflug und die Sterne

  This poster is composed of a gray textured background with a black opening in center depicting an abstract, red hot shooting star. On the bottom of the poster is a black border with white text giving the title of the play, "The Plow and the Star," in black text. On the top is the theater, Maxim Gorki, and the author, Sean O'Casey.