East German Poster Database

Items

• 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.
• Osta-Cola — 1. Thüringer Premium Cola aus eigenem Mineralwasser
  This poster is an advertisement for Osta-Cola and has a rising sun on a blue and red background.
• Fürsorge und Geborgenheit in unserer Gesellschaft / Unsere Stimme den Kandidaten der Nationalen Front!
  Poster has beige background and red and black type. Features center photo of elderly couple. Title reads "Care and security in our society / Our vote for the candidates of the National Front!" Poster for May 7, 1989, elections in East Germany.
• Haltet. Transportwege, Fahrzeuge, Verladehilfsmittel in Ordnung.
  This poster shows a painting of two men unloading freight from a railroad car.
• alle Meschen sind farbig
  Poster features five angular, stylized faces of different colors on black background. Title reads "All people are colored."
• Besucht die Gedenkstätten der Deutschen Klassik
  This poster is red with 16 photographs of locations associated with famous German literary figures.
• Es lebe der 1. Mai
  Poster features a large numeral "1" covered in ribbons and flowers in manner of May Pole, with three ribbons featuring the colors of the German flag and the DDR insignia. Title reads "Long live the 1st of May." FDGB insignia bottom right.
• Afrika ist frei! Es hat jetzt sein eigenen Blutsauger!
  This poster is a black and white photograph of an African man sitting in a highbacked chair shaped like an eagle. The image is bordered in brown.
• 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.
• Die NATUR ist unsere gute Stube! Tritt DIR die FÜSSE ab, wenn DU hineingehst!
  This poster is a black and white photograph of an open door looking out on a color landscape. The poster is signed by the artist.
• 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.
• Mein Leipzig lob ich mir! Den Demonstranten der Stadt gewidmet!
  This poster is white with red text. This poster is signed by the artist.
• 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".
• Unser Reichsfanzler Adolf Hitler, der Zierfreund.
  This poster is a black and white photograph of a German soldier executing civilians. A portrait painting of Adolf Hitler and his dog is superimposed in the bottom of the photograph. The poster is signed by the artist.
• Friedenspost
  Poster is gray with a 4 x 4 grid of photos featuring the faces of children from varying cultural backgrounds. Title reads "Peace Post — Youth of the world for the peace of the world". The pictures can be cut out to create postcards, which are printed on the reverse of the poster.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ernst Thälmann 1886 - 1944
  This poster is a large portrait image of Ernst Thälmann. The poster is split into two halves. The bottom text of the poster reads, "Learn and fight like Ernst Thälmann for Germany."
• 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.
• Nelson Mandela/Eine demokratische und freie Gesellschaft, in der alle friedlich und mit gleichen Möglichkeiten miteinander leben können, hat mir stets als Ideal vorgeschwebt.
  Poster features large, coarse-grained black and white portrait of Nelson Mandela on green, black and yellow background with red bottom border. Includes quote by Mandela: "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities".
• Soviet Space Capsule
  This poster depicts a Soviet space vehicle being trailed by a swooping band composed of the Soviet and DDR flags.
• [Ernst Thälmann]
  Poster is a large red and black portrait of Ernst Thälmann. Poster is two in a series of two.
• Freiden und Sozialismus
  This poster is yellow with a large red "40" with the symbol for the DDR in the middle of the "0". The text reads, "Peace and Socialism", and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the DDR.
• [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.