East German Poster Database

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• Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der SR Vietnam
  Poster is white with a Vietnamese flag in center. Title in black above reads "Contemporary art from Vietnam".
• 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".
• George Washington/„Mein letzer Wunnsch ist, den Kreig, dieses Wundmal am Körper der Menschheit, von der Erde verschwinden zu sehen.”
  Poster background is the Declaration of Independence, with cartoon portrait of George Washington superimposed in center. Below title in black reads "George Washington/'My last wish is to see war, the scar on the body of humanity, disappear from the Earth'".
• 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".
• Wir gratülieren!
  Poster is watercolor drawing of three children; outside two are holding a banner with "30" written in flowers, whild middle child is holding a large DDR insignia. Title in red cursive at top reads "We congratulate [you]!" Yellow border. Poster is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the DDR.
• BROT statt tot/"Für Frieden und Humanismus, gegen die Gefahr eines Kernwaffenkrieges"
  Poster is a large color photgraph of a busher of wheat with small black and white photograph of a mushroom cloud in top right (shape is similar to bushel). Title in white at top reads "Bread instead of dead/'For peace and humanism against the danger of nuclear war'".
• Albert Einstein
  Poster is a large stylized blue portrait of Albert Einstein on charcoal background. Includes a quote from Einstein bottom right.
• 40 Jahre der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin
  Poster features a color cartoon of a dove carrying an olive branch and riding a carousel horse. The floor of the carousel is made of books. The title in black with yellow background above reads "40 years of the Children's Book Publishers Berlin" (1949-1989).
• Aus der Bibliothek Schallplatten + Tonbandkassetten Kostenlos Entleihbar
  Poster features a cartoon basset hound wearing green earphones and holding a green tape cassette. Title in black at top reads "From the library records + tapes free to borrow". Box 1.
• Wissenschaft und Menschheit/Ein Jahrbuch aus dem Urania Verlag
  Poster is blue with six white book spines facing the viewer. Each spine is labeled with various title such as "mankind", "the earth", "technology", etc. Title in green at top reads "Science and Humanity/A Yearbook from Urania Publishers". Box 1.
• [man at the bottom of steps in wheel chair]
  Poster is a black and white image of a man in a wheelchair sitting at the bottom of a stairway, watching others walk up. Box 1.
• 1749 1949 Goethe Gedächtnisfeier 28. August
  Poster is a stylized brownscale portrait of Goethe. Title in brown printed below promotes a commemorative celebration for Goethe.
• [in Russian]
  Poster is black and white in Russian and German. Appears to be advertising for a publisher, Verlag der Nation in Berlin. Includes several titles in German, including "Ich weiß es noch wie heute", "Der schwarze Araber", "Deutsche Chronik", "Kisch war hier", and "Alexander von Humboldt". Two winged horses outlined in white face each other at bottom above the publisher's initials (VDN). Box 1.
• Frieden/Meine Hand drauf!
  Poster features black and white image of hands two hands working to construct something. Image is bordered by color images of hands in various activities, e.g. baking, planting, looking through a microscope, etc. Title in white printed on black and white image reads "Peace. It's in my hands!" Box 1.
• Frieden für alle Zeit/Unsere Kinder - wertvollstes Gut
  Poster shows face of child whith mouth open. Title reads "Peace for all time/Our children - a valuable commodity". Box 1.
• Frieden für unsere Welt!
  Poster shows a girl cradling a globe with a dove on her right shoulder and two more in the air above her. Green background. Title in green at bottom reads "Peace for our world!". Box 1.
• Apartheid/No
  Poster is black with "Apartheid" written in bloody all caps at top. "No" outlined in white bottom right. Box 1.
• 15. Jahrestag des Begins des bewaffneten Kampfes in Namibia/Solidarität mit der SWAPO
  Poster is tan, featuring black and white photo of Namibian woman in a hat with a gun slung across her back. Title in black and orange at top reads "15th anniversary of the beginning of the armed conflict in Namibia/Solidarity with the SWAPO [South West Africa Peoples' Organization]".
• Brot genügt nicht/Für Menschenwürde in Südafrika
  Poster is a black and white photo of a starving child in South Africa. Title in white all caps bottom left reads "Bread is not enough/For human dignity in South Africa". Box 1.
• [portrait of older Horst Sindermann]
  Poster is a large color portrait of Horst Sindermann, prime minister of the DDR from 1973-1976. Blue background. Sindermann appears much older in this poster than PL-0666. Box 1.
• [portrait of Horst Sindermann]
  Poster is a large color portrait of Horst Sindermann, prime minister of the DDR from 1973-1976. Blue background. Box 1.
• [portrait of Willi Stoph]
  Poster is a large color portrait of Willi Stoph, prime minister of the DDR from 1964-1973. Blue background. Box 1.
• Vietnam braucht unsere Hilfe heute so wie gestern!
  Poster depicts a young Vietnamese woman holding a child. Title in yellow reads "Vietnam needs our help as much today as yesterday!". Box 1.