East German Poster Database

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• Solidarität

  the poster depicts a version of Da Vinci's Vitruvian man stylized to look like a Black African. The man is breaking "chains" that connect two of his wrists and that read "Apartheid." At the top of the poster in red is the word "Solidarity."

• Vietname braucht unsere Hilfe heute so wie gestern!

  This poster shows a picture of a Vietnamese woman holding a child. IT says “Vietnam braucht unsere Hilfe heute so wie gestern” (Vietnam needs our help today just as they did yesterday). Oversize.

• Solidarität jetzt erst recht

  Poster is blue with white and yellow letters. Photograph shows a Vietnamese woman tying on a bandana amidst a ruined village. Caption says “Solidarität jetzt erst recht” (approximately: “Solidarity, now more than ever”). Oversize.

• Solidarität hilft siegen

  Poster shows a young Vietnamese girl wearing an army helmet. The title says “Solidarität hilft siegen” (Solidarity helps prevail). Oversize.

• Für Antiimperialistische Solidarität

  Poster shows a thick black outline of a fist holding a red torch. The word solidarity is written in several languages. The text at the bottom says “Für Antiimperialistische Solidarität” (For Anti-imperialist Solidarity). Oversize.

• Die Unbesiegbaren

  This poster is black, white and gray. The only text is at the bottom and says, “Die Unbeseigbaren” (The Unconquerable). This poster depicts armed guerrilla soldiers standing guard over a woman and child. Another soldier carries a wounded man.

• Patria Libertab

  Ths poster is black, white and gray. The text is in Spanish. The poster shows a large two headed vulture dressed in a military uniform with pictures of skulls on it. In front there are soldiers and a CIA agent protecting the vulture from two rifles with bayonets The rifles say “Unidad Popular” which was the Leftist coalition party in Salvador Allende's Chile. The soldier protecting the vulture has a banner which reads “Patria, Libertab” but Libertab is probably meant to be Libertad.

• Tage der Ungarischen Volksrepublik im Palast der Republik

  Poster is blue with white border. Features a geometric potted flower design in red and green on white. Title in black at top promates a "Hungary Day" from March 31st through April 10th 1988.

• SOLIDARITÄT

  Poster is black with red star at top and white outlined fist beneath. At bottom amid gray barbed wire is title in white reading "SOLIDARITY".

• Den Frieden die Freiheit

  This poster is red with star at bottom (in the manner of the Vietnamese flag). The star shows a city with sunrise behind and dove in the air. The title in white reads, "The peace of freedom." while at the bottom reads, "Solidarity with Vietnam".

• Solidarität mit der VR Kampuchea.

  This poster shows a Cambodian infant playing with a piece of abandoned industrial machinery. The poster has a yellow border.

• Solidarität mit dem Volk von El Salvador

  This poster has various black and white photographs of El Salvadorians mixed in with headlines clipped from newspapers. A large bald eagle with "USA" written on it appears on the left side of the poster.

• Bürger, denfen wir an jenes Grundprinzip der Internationale: die Solidarität. Nur wenn wir dieses lebenspendende Prinzip unter sämtlichen Arbeitern aller Länder auf sicher Grundlagen stellen, werden wir das große Endziel erreichen, das wir uns gestecft ha

  This poster has a blue background with red, black, and white text in gothic script. A small portrait of Karl Marx appears in the upper left corner.

• Clara Zetkin 1857-1933

  This poster is a black and white portrait of Clara Zetkin, a German socialist and women's rights advocate. On the bottom is text stating, Wer den Frieden will, der muß das Bündnis mit der Sowjetunion suchen, als der ersten und stärken Friedensmacht der Welt. Die internationale Solidarität muß das oberste Gesetz des Kampfes der Arbeiterklasse aller Länder sein…

• Freiheit für Luis Corvalan

  This poster is a black and white portrait of Luis Corvalan, former leader of the Chilean communist party.

• Antiimperialistische Solidarität

  This posteris a black and white photograph of three pairs of hands shaking. Above the hands is a red star.

• Chile en el corazon. Chile im Herzen. Internationale Solidarität im Spiegel des Plakats.

  This poster has 100 small images of German solidarity posters relating to Chile.

• Solidarität mit den Völkern Afrikas / Woche der Solidarität

  White poster with black type. Features 2 x 2 grid: each cell contains an image of Africa, with a yellow and black close-up of an African woman superimposed on top. The photo becomes progressively larger from left to righ until it fills the bottom right cell. Title reads "Solidarity with the people of Africa / Solidarity Week".

• Caramba!

  Poster is gray with stylized red fist smashing a black and yellow construction with a skull beneath. Title includes quote by Pablo Neruda, "The spring cannot be stopped".

• Solidarität für Antiimperialistische Frieden und Freundschaft

  Poster features 25 posters of the East German Solidarity initiative from the 1970s and 1980s. Title reads "Solidarity for Anti-imperialist peace and friendship."

• El pueblo vencera

  This poster shows a Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet being punched in the face by a fist wrapped in a Chilean flag. The text translates to, "The people will overcome." There are edits to the photo, with the dollar sign on Pinochet's lapels, and a skull and crossbones on his hat.

• Du und ich und alle Mitkämpfer für unsere große Sache müssen stark, fest, kämpferisch und zukunftssicher sein.

  This poster has a quotation by Ernst Thälmann in red text on an off-white background. The text reads, "You and I and all fellow fighters for our big cause have to be strong, firm, combative and future-proof."

• Solidarität mit den Völkern Afrikas

  This poster has four images of a smiling African woman imposed on a green silhouette of Africa. The portrait images of the woman get larger in each of the four images.

• DDR 40

  This poster is a painting of a group of DDR and Soviet Union flags waving on flagpoles. This is to advertise the 40th anniversary of the DDR.

• We Shall Overcome

  This poster is a brown and black portrait of an African or African-American boy on a black background. The bottom left hand corner features the Solidaritätskomitee der DDR logo.