East German Poster Database

Items

• Kulturpark Berlin Sommer in Berlin

  A yellow spiral shape is in the middle of the poster and drops of different colors of paint are scattered all over the poster. The background is blue. Copy of CS-0070.

• [No Title]

  A gymnast on a pommel horse that is stylized to look like a real horse. The gymnast and horse are superimposed over a checkerboard background.

• 20 Jahre Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse Schutz des Friedens und des Sozialismus

  Sketch of a soldier holding a rifle. Behind him are the Berlin TV tower and the Brandenburg Gate waving an East German flag. The text reads "20 years of fighting groups of the working class. Protection of Peace and Socialism."

• Friedenslied

  Two stylized, abstract doves, one holding an olive branch, on a mauve backdrop.

• Berlin wird wieder Berlin

  This poster shows a large picture of the Brandenburg Gate with smaller images of the Berlin Wall being knocked down. The top left text reads, "Berlin is becoming Berlin again." Poster is a smaller version of PL-0183.

• Berlin wird wieder Berlin

  This poster features a large photograph of the angel from atop the Brandenburg gate. The bottom of poster shows four images of the gate's restoration process. Here the title reads, "Berlin will again be Berlin." Photo captions at bottom read, "Visitors can see how the Brandenburg Gate chariots are being restored." This poster is a smaller version of PL-0280.

• Konföderation So?

  This poster shows a donkey with the DDR symbol on it being dragged by a windmill covered in the logos of West German corporations.

• XI. Welt-Gewerkschafts-Kongress / Für Aktionseinheit und Solidarität aller Werktätigen in der Welt - Für Frieden und sozialen Fortschritt!

  This poster commemorates the eleventh meeting of the Welt-Gewerkschafts-Kongress, a meeting of the international communist organizations, which took place in East Berlin in September 1986. Poster is red with black and white letters and a white outline of the two sides of the globe with continents. Oversize.

• DDR 30

  Poster is portrait of DDR citizenin blue collared shirt raising DDR flag above his head. Title in red and yellow at bottom. Poster celebrates the 30th anniversary of the DDR.

• Die DDR mein Staat

  Poster is a portrait of a DDR citizen in a hardhat with vaguely industrial background. Title in yellow and red at top reads "The DDR my state".

• 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".

• Weg mit dem NATO-Raketenbeschluß!/STOP

  Poster is yellow with black silhouette at left of a rocket launcher with the front transformed into a gaping, teethed skull. Title in black at top reads "Away with the NATO Rocket Decision!/STOP".

• Albert Einstein

  Poster is a large stylized blue portrait of Albert Einstein on charcoal background. Includes a quote from Einstein bottom right.

• Kleine Humboldtgalerie Berlin

  This poster is off-white with a black line drawing of a skeletal soldier huddled beneath a coat and hugging a gun. The title reads, "Small Humboldt Gallery Berlin, Against the War- Graphics since 1914". The exhibit would be between July 6th, to September 2nd of 1982.

• 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".

• Geteilte Interpretationen Maler sehen die Mauer

  This poster is black with white text. It advertises a permanent exhibition of "Split Interpretations, Painters see the Wall". Includes depictions of five pieces from the exhibit. The exhibit is open daily from 9am to 8pm.

• Ralph Pranke»wir leben die Überkunst

  This poster is a black and white urban photograph of a street with apartment complexes behind. Black text superimposed describes how paradise was lost when we started submitting to other people; beginning with religion, then via various forms of government (i.e. democracy, communism, etc.). The text ends by saying that a paradise for all is ill-advised, and should be reserved for the few. This poster is part of the "Photoshopie" by Ralph Pranke.

• Berlin Wall geometric humanoid graffiti art

  This poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art. The painting consists mainly of a red background, with black and white geometric humanoid figures sketched on top, stylized to resemble "primitive" art.

• Berlin Wall fish graffiti art

  this poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art. The painting consists of progressively larger fish from right to left, displaying progressively more prominent pirahna-like fangs. Caption inscribed on the painting "Auch Tiedge war ein dicker fisch" (Tiedge was also a fatter fish - likely in reference to Hans Tiedge, former head of West German counter-intelligence who defected to East Germany). Graffiti art is by Christophe Bouchet, 1985.

• Berlin Wall graffiti art

  This poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art. To the left is "Red Dope on Rabbits" by Noir, and to the right "Hommage a la Fontaine", by C. Bouchet and Noir, created in 1985.

• Berlin Wall graffiti art

  This poster is a color photograph of a segment of the Berlin Wall decorated with graffiti art, mostly abstract portraits.

• 1. Mai 1978

  This poster has a red flower on a white background. There is grey text arranged diagonally on the background. The title appears in green in the lower right corner.

• Trailer in front of the Berlin Wall

  This poster is a color photograph of a trailer set up in front of the Berlin Wall, with grand buildings visible on the other side. Graffiti is prevalent on the wall behind the trailer.

• Austellung Berlin Nov. 89

  This poster features a black and white photograph of a woman holding flowers and a newspaper in her left hand and dabbing her eyes with her right amidst a crowd of people; presumably the day the Wall came down. The photo itself was taken by Rupert Leser. This poster advertises an photography exhibit featuring the work of Dietmar Bührer, Mike Hughes, Rupert Leser, Dieter Matthes, and Andreas Neumann. The exhibit to be held on November 12th, 1989 at the "Typophoto" Galerie für zeitgemäße Photographie im 'Kreuz'.

• 5. Berufswettbewerb der Deutschen Jugend.

  This poster is an image of a German woman working in a factory. A German workers' emblem appears in the upper right corner.