East German Poster Database

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• PDS: Partei des demokratischen Sozialismus
  Poster is printed in red and black. Title reads "Democratic freedom for all / Social security for everyone / For a self-confident Berlin." PDS insignia at bottom. Poster created for the March 1990 elections in East Germany.
• Aus der Verantwortung für das Vergangene in die Haftbarkeit für die Gegenwart. Vom Hochmut der Macht Zur Demut der Demokratie:…
  This poster is recycled paper with black type. Itlists the priorities of the PDS with references to Liebknecht, Luxemburg, Ossietzky, Adorno, and Bloch. The PDS insignia is at the bottom. This poster was created for the March 1990 elections.
• Für die Gleichberechtigung aller ausländischen Mitbürger, aller Andersdenkenden, Anderslebenden, Andersliebenden.
  This poster is made with recycled paper with purple type. Title reads "For the equality of all foreign citizens, all that think differently, live differently, love differently." The PDS insignia is at bottom. This poster was created for the March 1990 elections.
• Aus der Verantwortung für das Vergangene in die Haftbarkeit für die Gegenwort
  Poster reads "From the responsibility for the past to the liability for the present". PDS insignia at bottom. Poster created for March 1990 elections. Box 1.
• Links wählen heißt/Recht sichern PDS/18. März - Jede Stimme zählt
  Poster is white with purple text. Title reads "Left chooses hot/Right ensures PDS/March 18th - Every vote counts". Poster was created for the March 1990 elections. Box 1.
• Das Herz schlägt links
  Title reads "The heart beats left", superimposed on black and white photograph of individuals standing in a city. Each person has their name and occupation superimposed above them. Text underneath reads "We are the new ones", with PDS insignia bottom right. Poster was created for the March 1990 elections.
• Endlich neue Tapeten!
  Color cartoon of a man and woman sitting on a couch with the wall behind covered in notices of rent increases. Poster title is enclosed in a shared speech bubble that reads "Endless new wallpaper!" Portrait of an unnamed politician hangs on the wall to the left. Poster created for the October 1990 elections (gesamtdeutsche Bundestags).
• Peter Zotl
  Poster depicts portrait of Peter Zotl. Text reads "For the growing together of the peers in our city, the social interests of the people, and their democratic self-determination". PDS insignia in lower right. Poster created for the October 1990 elections (gesamtdeutsche Bundestags).
• Ilja Seifert
  Depicts portrait of Ilja Seifert, a paraplegic politician for the PDS. Shown in wheelchair in school gym with children holding out parachute behind. Caption[s] read "Courage" and "New discoveries". PDS insignia in lower-right. Poster created for the October 1990 elections (gesamtdeutsche Bundestags).
• Wolfram Adolphi
  Features portrait of Wolfram Adolphi, chairman of the PDS regional organization in Berlin at the time of the elections. Poster created for the October 1990 elections (gesamtdeutsche Bundestags).
• Ilja Seifert
  Depicts portrait of Ilja Seifert, a paraplegic politician for the PDS. Poster created for the October 1990 elections (gesamtdeutsche Bundestags).
• Damit zusammenkommt was zusammengehört!
  This poster is a black and white picture of cars on a street. The text reads, "So what belongs together comes together." which is a play on the phrase Willy Brandt said. The poster is from the October 1990 elections and features the Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus logo in the lower left.
• 98,8 Prozent (Wie Immer)
  This poster is green with orange and red text. The text reads, "98.8% (as always)". The poster is from the October 1990 elections.
• Links braucht kein Vaterland.
  This poster shows a very excited man giving a thumbs up. The man appears on a salmon colored background that has a repetitive pattern of unidentified white objects. The text at the top reads, "There is no need for a fatherland on the left." while the bottom text reads, "Left list, the other Germany." This poster is from the October 1990 elections.