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This poster is a painted portrait of Vladimir Lenin.
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This poster is a large black and white, low-contrast portrait of an unidentified presidential candidate. The title (in Polish) reads "Your President".
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This poster is a portrait of Ernst Thälmann by noted German artist Willi Sitte. The portrait is accompanied by images of uniformed soldiers and hands.
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This poster depicts two giant letters DM (Deutsch Mark) on a grassy coastal area. Cars and construction equipment are shown for scale. The D has the small word "Hotel" resting on top and the M is being hoisted up by a rope. The title reads, "Save the Mark!" with the subtitle reading, "Soft tourism for the Brandenburg Mark and the alternative DDR." The use of Mark is a pun on both Deutsch Mark, the currency of the DDR, and to the land.
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This poster is red with two images of German Communist newspapers, one from 1918, the other from 1976. In white font, the words, "60th Anniversary of the founding of the KPD."
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this poster depicts a cartoon portrait of Karl Marx, with the caption "I'm sorry boys! That was just an idea of mine…" by Roland Beier.
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This poster is a large impressionistic portrait of Friedrich Engels in multiple colors. The text states, "Everything which sets men in motion must go through their minds; but what form it will take in the mind will depend very much upon the circumstances." This quote from Engels is from his work "Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy".
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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."
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The poster shows the progression of German military flags from 1500 to 1956. The poster has 6 flags in chronological order with captions.
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This poster has a blue background filled with windows of various sizes. The windows are filled with golden yellow light and some have silhouetted figures behind. Space between the windows features ghostly angels and a few small stars. The title reads (in Slovak) "The Civic Forum wishes Love and Truth to Every Family".
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This poster is a large picture of 4 African children smiling together. The text is in red on a yellow background. Here the text states, "Adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on November 20, 1959".
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This poster is blue with white and yellow letters and features the Neues Forum rainbow insignia at the bottom. Here the title reads, " We invite you to the first five nations meet in Schwerin". This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster is a large print portrait of Karl Liebnecht in black and white. The image is bordered in brown, white, and red. The text reads the second bit of the German left song, "Auf, auf zum Kampf, zum Kampf" as, "We are born to fight." The poster is partnered with a similar poster of Rosa Luxemburg. The words reference the famous leftist song penned by Bertolt Brecht.
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this poster's title reads "Democracy needs Opposition". Th text underneath reads "Like the tree, the roots. All virtue comes from underground. We worry that the branches and leaves are skilled". At the bottom right is the PDS insignia. This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster is a large print portrait of Rosa Luxemburg in black and white. The image is bordered in brown, white, and red. The text reads, "Up, up let's fight..." which is a song sung by the German Left, penned by Bertolt Brecht. The poster is partnered with a similar poster of Karl Liebknecht.
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This poster has a black, red and gold border; the German flag. An outlined skyline is featured in the center, and a heart in top right corner with colors of the German flag with the words, "A heart for Germany" circle it. The title reads, "Now, Germany is for us Germans." The NDP insignia is at the bottom. This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster is a stylistic representation of Karl Marx done in brush strokes. At the bottom right there is a logo for the FDGB (Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund).
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This poster depicts a large black and white portrait of Hans-Dietrich Genscher, an FDP politician. The blue title text on yellow background reads "Genscher: 'The FDP's choice". There is the FDP insignia center left with slogan underneath: "The liberal Germany". This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster shows a red carnation and a globe, with the flower obscuring part of the globe. The text reads, "May 1st International fight and holiday of the working people." There is a small logo at the top right hand corner that says FDGB (Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund).
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This poster shows a picture of a crowd of people around a banner reading "Free Elections". There is a sign in the crowd with the female symbol depicted and another sign reading "We are the people". The title reads, "You may", with text at bottom saying, "With us for more grassroots democracy. Plebiscite on the Basic Laws (of the Federal Republic)." Die Grünen Bündnis 90 insigniais featured at bottom. This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster has 6 infants bundled up with bows tied around them. The children are all of different ethnicities. The text reads, "Keep them at peace."
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This poster promotes "Environment Day" on November 24th, 1990 and features various points in the day for protest and activism. The poster shows a crushed red soda can with handwriting-effect font. This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster has a globe inside a large Q on an orange background. The words, "Have a say in world standards" is featured in large text.
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This poster has a picture of a small boy tugging on the apron strings of what appears to be a man in an apron holding a broom (gender is apparent from shoes/trousers). The title reads, "A man needs three things", with bottom text reading "With us for equal opportunities at home and work through consequent quotes." This poster was created for the October 1990 elections.
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This poster shows a businessman in a suit being punched in the face by a boxing glove on a spring popping out of a box.