East German Poster Database

Items

• Gedenkstätten: Berlin, Haupstadt der DDR

  Poster is doublesided. Front shows photo of a woman surrounded by others holding torches in of an obscured memorial. Back shows seven memorial sites of interest with photos and multilingual captions. Also includes a map of Berlin with site locations.

• Berlin am Potsdamer Platz

  This poster shows a still standing segment of the Berlin Wall and a large red building, presumably a museum, on stilts in a photograph by Wolfgang Schalvien.

• Genosse Ernst Thälmann

  Large black and white portrait of Ernst Thälmann superimposed on newspaper text detailing his achievements.

• Graffiti-Mauer-Kunst Metropole Berlin

  This poster depicts graffiti by Jan Kablau on a section of the Berlin Wall. The photograph is by Christian Bourguignon.

• Kampfgenosse

  Poster consists of close-up photo of a unnamed Soviet leader with raised right fist followed by three soldiers. Title reads "comrade in arms" and includes a small red star with above with white hammer and sickle inside. Otherwise poster is in black and white.

• Krieg und Leichen - die letzte Hoffnung der Reichen

  This poster depicts a hyena wearing a top hat and a medal around its neck. The animal is in an aggressive pose over the bodies of dead soldiers. Black and white.

• Friedrich Engels in Berlin

  Poster documents Engels' two trips to Berlin through text, photographs, and period documents. Also gives an overview of Engels' significance in socialist theory.

• Glücklich und geborgen

  This poster depicts two youths swinging from the chinstrap of a large helmet with flowers around them.

• Im Dialog für den Sozialismus

  Poster promotes a socialist dialogue among DDR citizens, with space for handwritten opinions. Design consists of speech bubbles and and notes placed opposite of each other, stating "here speaks the party" and "my opinion" [that of the citizen] respectively. Includes insignia of Freie Deutsche Jugend, Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, and Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschland.

• Kämpfer gegen Faschismus und Krieg Georgi Dimitroff 1882-1982

  This poster shows Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitrov in red and green.

• Nationalfeiertag 7. Oktober 1986

  Poster depicts a painted flower with multi-colored petals and a DDR insignia in center. Text appears hand-written in bottom-left. Promotes the national holiday of the DDR's anniversary.

• dem Karl Liebnecht haben wir's geschworen

  This poster has a large portrait of German communist Karl Liebnecht with red text.

• 7. Oktober Nationalfeiertag der DDR

  Poster is divided into square segments of varying size, most of which contain a DDR insignia centered inside a flower. Title promotes the national holiday on October 7th (anniversary of the establishment of the DDR). Bottom-center segment reads "DDR: my state".

• Karl Liebnecht und Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin

  This poster shows German communists Karl Liebnecht and Rosa Luxemburg, along with various images of documents, political rallies, and scenes from their funeral.

• Weltfestspiele Berlin 1973

  Abstract visual of individuals from various geographic regions standing behind a woman who is holding a sceptre and looking down at a dog on its back. Poster advertises an international youth and student meeting, held regularly since 1947 and oriented toward socialist states.

• Karl Marx in Berlin

  This poster shows various portraits of Karl Marx and his relatives, along with images of important documents and political photographs from East Germany.

• Weltfestspiele Berlin 1973

  Black and white outline drawing of daily life in three geographic regions, divided into rectangular segments. Poster advertises an international youth and student meeting, held regularly since 1947 and oriented toward socialist states. This poster is signed by the artist.

• UIS Fonction Publique

  This poster shows the emblem of UIS over top of a silver 40.

• Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten, Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR

  Abstract visual of faces and flowers, colored in magenta, orange, yellow, green and blue. Poster advertises an international youth and student meeting, held regularly since 1947 and oriented toward socialist states.

• Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten

  This poster shows 3 soldiers above a fallen comrade.

• Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten, Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR

  Abstract visual of a man holding a woman with a red flower. Both man and woman are wearing blue clothes. Poster advertises the World Festival of Youth and Students, held regularly since 1947 and oriented toward socialist states.

• Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten, Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR

  This poster shows four youths of varying ethnicities in a simplistic cartoon style and bright colors.

• Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten, Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR

  Abstract female portrait with the 1973 Weltfestspiele emblem repeated in the background. Poster advertises the World Festival of Youth and Students, held regularly since 1947 and oriented toward socialist states.

• Weltfestspiele der Jugend und Studenten, Berlin 1973, Hauptstadt der DDR

  This poster show several hyperidealized youths depicted as a gesture drawing. It advertises the World Festival of Youth and Students, a gathering held since 1947 oriented toward socialist countries.

• Der Staat - das sind wir

  Poster consists of a collage of black and white photos and a man faintly superimposed holding a hammer and sickle. A quote from Leonid Brezhnev underneath a large, red "CCCP" (USSR) extolls the virtue of the working class and the socialist state. Title reads "The State - That is Us."