East German Poster Database

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• Nie wider faschismus und Krieg!/…seit 40 Jahren Staatspolitik

  Poster is black with stippled black and white depiction of a hand holding up two fingers together. Title reads "Never again facism and war!/…State politics for 40 years". Box 1.

• Wilhelm Pieck ž 1876-1960

  Poster features a black and white pencil portrait of Wilhelm Pieck. Title in orange commemorates (Pieck's birth and death dates). Box 1.

• 7. November 1917/Beginn einer neuen Epoche

  Poster is an abstracted depiction of a sailor standing at the rail of a ship in navy and white with a red line behind. Title in white reads "On November 7th, 1917 a new epoch begins". Poster commemorates the October Revolution. Box 1.

• Ho Chi Minh 1890|1980

  Poster is a large black and white portrait of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Communist revolutionary. Title is name in white at bottom. Poster commemorates the 90th anniversary of Minh's birthday. Box 1.

• 7. Oktober 1987/Nationalfeiertag der DDR

  Poster depicts a festooned wreath. Celebrates the National Holiday of the DDR. Box 1.

• Unser Freünd Kolja

  Poster features a color portrait of a Soviet soldier, presumably Kolja. Text in cursive beneath reads "Our friend Kolja". Box 1.

• Niemals wieder!

  Poster is a black and white photograph of a dove impaled on a sword. Title at bottom in white reads "Never again!". Box 1.

• Wer den Frieden will, der muß das Bündnis mit der Sowjetunion suchen, als der ersten und stärksten Friedensmacht der Welt.

  This poster is blue with red scaled portrait of Clara Zetkin. The title (quote) reads, "Whoever wants peace, they must seek an alliance with the Soviet Union, as the first and strongest force for peace in the World." with the date of her quote being 1925.

• Keine neuen Zähne für diese Hyäne/USA-Raketen aus Westeuropa raus!

  Poster features close-up of hyena from John Heartfield's Krieg und Leichen - Die Letzte Hoffnung der Reichen (War and corpses - the last hope of the rich). White teeth resembling missiles are superimposed on the hyena's mouth. Title reads "No new teeth for these hyenas/USA-Rockets from West Europe get out!"

• Alles für das Wohl des Volkes und den Frieden!/Hohes Leistungswachstum durch steigende Arbeitsproduktivität, Effektivität und Qualität

  Poster is a color portrait of Gerhard Voß, a pipe fitter. Title reads "All for the good of the people and the peace!/High-powered growth through increasing work productivity, effectiveness, and quality. "

• für das Wohl des Volkes/Wahltag

  Poster depicts a day calendar showing June 14th, 1981. Title reads "for the good of the people/Election Day".

• 30 Jahre Erlebnis und Bewährung

  Poster depicts four individuals on a yellow background. One is firing a gun, one is a parachuting, one holds a toy boat, and one is dressed as a scuba-diver. The poster is for the East German Society for Sport and Technology.

• Lenin

  Poster is a bluescaled portrait of Lenin in profile. Title in red with white dates.

• Wir ehren Karl und Rosa

  Poster is a red and black collage of images and newspaper text of Karl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Title reads "We honor Karl and Rosa." Poster is one in a series of two.

• Freiheit / Almeyda / Gegen Faschistische Diktatur in Chile

  Poster is a large Chilean flag (predominantely red) with a black and white portrait of Clodomiro Almeyda in center. Title reads "Freedom / Almeyda / Against fascist dictatorship in Chile."

• Karl Marx-Jahr 1983

  Poster is large sepia portrait of Karl Marx superimposed on the photographic image of a crowd. Top left reads "His name will live through the centuries, and also his work". Poster celebrates the centenary of Marx's death.

• alle Meschen sind farbig

  Poster features five angular, stylized faces of different colors on black background. Title reads "All people are colored."

• Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin

  Poster features an abstract, pastel portrait of Vladimir Lenin, with quote in top left corner reading "In the last analysis, productivity of labour is the most important, the principal thing for the victory of the new social system." Poster is three in a series of four.

• Karl Marx

  Poster features an abstract, pastel portrait of Karl Marx, with quote in the top left corner reading "There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits". Poster is one in a series of four.

• 1789 — 200 Jahre Große Französische Revolution

  Poster features a large sepia print of The Tennis Court Oath by Jacques Louis David. Quote beneath by Lenin on the greatness of the French Revolution.

• 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."

• Die Welt von Kernwaffen befreien!

  Poster is dark red with white type, features close-up of child's face on left. Title reads "Free the world of nuclear weapons!"

• Thählmann ist niemals gefallen

  Poster is consists of red background with large hand-drawn portrait of Ernst Thählmann. Title reads "Thählmann never fell."

• Internationaler Frauentag Friedenskundgebung

  This poster is white with a blue outline of a dove that is also a woman's face.

• 1820 - 1895 Friedrich Engels

  This poster is a large portrait of Friedrich Engels superimposed on text.