East German Poster Database

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• Wählt die Kandidaten der Nationalen Front des demokratischen Deutschland

  Poster is beige with black type. Title reads "Vote for the candidate of the National Front of democratic Germany." Includes a quote by Wilhelm Pieck at top which pleads with Germans to carefully examine the proposed "Five Year Plan," regardless of their political affiliations. Poster created for the October 1950 state elections.

• Wir grüßen unseren Präsidenten Wilhelm Pieck am 9. Juli 1950 in Bautzen

  Poster features a black and white portrait of Wilhelm Pieck. Title reads "We greet our President Wilhelm Pieck on July 9th, 1950 in Bautzen."

• Unser Präsident 75 Jahre

  This poster is a large drawn portrait of Wilhelm Pieck in front of a German flag celebrating his 75th birthday.

• 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.

• [Wilhelm Pieck]

  Poster is large red and black portrait of Wilhelm Pieck, president of the DDR from 1949-1960. Poster is one in a series of two.

• Wilhelm Pieck

  This poster has red text on a black background and supports Wilhelm Pieck, the first and only president of the GDR. The text concludes saying that Pieck was "a model for us." The text mentions Hanns Eisler, a famous East German composer. It may be that these words come from something Eisler, who died in 1962, wrote or directed honoring Pieck.

• Wilhelm Pieck Revolutionär

  This poster shows a young Wilhelm Pieck, the first and only president of the DDR.