East German Poster Database

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• Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie. 4 Ausstellungen: Die Mauer - vom 13. August bis heute. Maler interpretieren DIE MAUER. Berlin - von der Frontstadt zur Brücke Europas. Von Ghandi bis Walesa - Gewaltfreier Kampf für Menschenrechte.
  This poster shows multiple pictures of Checkpoint Charlie, including a portrait of Mahatma Ghandi.
• Die theoretischen Arbeiten von Karl Marx nach der Revolution von 1848.
  Poster depicts Karl Marx at work, along with pictures of the British Museum Library, and the house Marx stayed in while he was in London (black and white). Title reads "The theoretical work of Karl Marx after the Revolution of 1848." Text includes quotes from Marx and Engels. Poster is one in a series of eight.
• Weltkongress im internationalen Jahr der Frau
  This poster is blue with a stylized woman's head in gold. Next to the head is a fold dove that has the female symbol inside it. It advertises the World Congress in Berlin for the international women's year.
• Berlin wird wieder Berlin
  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."
• 13. August 1961: Berliner Mauerbau
  Text tells the story of Peter Fechter, an 18 year old bricklayer who was shot at the base of the Wall while trying to escape DDR border guards. He cried out for help but no one came until finally he died and was carried away. Bold red letters state "murder is murder, even when ordered". Three black and white photos of the incident accompany the text.
• Die Mauer
  Features photos and multilingual text describing the graffiti on the Berlin Wall. Text is taken from the Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie (giving approximate date)
• 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.
• 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.
• Trade Mark Peace - 1986-International Year of Peace
  The white poster shows a triangle with a nuclear missile snapped in half in the center. Surrounding the triangle are the words "Trade Mark Peace." Artist signed on front, with stamp on back identifying artist and address.
• Der Rote Kandidat
  Film poster for "The Red Candidate", a documentary. Features an unnamed man in the year 1932 against a geometric background (black and white).
• Internationale Tage Der Pantomime - 10 Jahre DT-Pantomime-Ensemble am Deutschen Theater, Kammerspiele
  This poster has a white background with black border, black and orange letters and a large orange arrow. It advertises a week long pantomime theater festival and lists the program along the bottom in smaller letters, to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Deutsches Theater Pantomime Ensemble.
• Volksbühne/Spielplan/1980/81/Neu Inszenierungen/Heiner Müller/Der Bau/Nach Motiven von Erik Neutschs Roman "Supr der Steine"/Uraufführung/Reige: Fritz Marquardt/"Du bist der Bagger, und du bist der Baugrud, auf dich fällt der Stein, den du aufhebst, aus d
  Poster is white with black images and text (theater, dates, and words "premiere" in red). Divided into 2 x 6 segments. Advertises for the performance schedule of the Volksbühne for the year 1980-81, including performances "Der Bau" from Heiner Müller, "The Beaver Pelt" from Gerhart Hauptmann, "Twelfth Night" from William Shakespeare, and others.
• Das ist schon nicht mehr feierlich- Nachtprogramm Distel Nachtprogramm
  This poster depicts a man with a long nose peeking over the top of a broken red pillar behind a chain (presumably in a museum). A white border with text in black script is at the bottom. This poster advertises for a work entitled "It's no longer solemn".
• 1797 Franz Schubert 1828/Des Teufels Lustschloß/Uraufführung zum Schubert-Jahr 1978 Hans-Otto-Theater Potsdam
  Poster is off-white with black text and heavily hatched depiction in center of a man holdiding a woman in what appears to be a cave. Both are looking left. Advertises for the opera "The Devil's Pleasure Palace", its premiere in celebration of "Schubert Year" 1978.
• Die Csardasfürstin/Operette v. Emmerich Kálmán im Theater der Stadt Cottbus
  Poster is green with two stylized show girls in white and green dress on either side of a British (?) soldier in uniform an one spectacle. Title in black at top and bottom, with stylized decorative border. Advertises for the operette "The Gypsy Princess", from Emmerich Kálmán.
• Erpressüng
  This poster has a white background. The title is in red. Above the title is the drawn image of a man looking out towards the viewer. Below the title is the man's hand holding a gun. This film is British.
• Sporting Life
  This poster depicts a rugby player, the form of which is suggested by black shapes that make the uniform shorts, hands, striped sleeves, and head. There are black splatters across the poster. There is a symbol for the British pound in blue on the chest of the player. The background is white. This film is English. There is visible acid burn on the poster.
• Königspoker
  This poster is a colored pencil illustration of the British lion, rampant, holding a sword in his right paw and a holy orb in his left. He wears a sash with the Union Jack. The ground beneath him has been drawn to look like a woman's naked torso, with his left foot in her forested pubis, and a tiny castle for a left nipple. There is a very light mountain range in the background, and the sky is white. This film is English.
• Die Verruchte Lady
  The top half of the poster is a still, sepia toned image of Faye Dunaway. She has long, very curly hair and wears a frilled blouse. The bottom half of the poster is a still sepia toned image of Alan Bates. He wears a brimmed hat, with a kerchief tied across his face. He has ruffled shirt sleeves, and holds a flintlock pistol in either hand. This film is British.
• Schrei nach Freiheit
  The dark yellow poster features a black and white image of an armored vehicle traveling through a shantytown or village. A young boy is running from the vehicle. There are a few other figures in the left foreground, as well as a primitive wooden structure with large pans and a wash line across the road. This film is British. Box 2.
• Woche des weißen Stockes
  A white cane is in the center of the poster, and two red heart shapes are located just to the left of the cane. One of the hearts has "Help! Hilfe statt Mitleid." The event the poster appears to be promoting occurred May 25-31 in an unknown year but most likely in the 1980s. The white border of the poster contains a repetitive pattern of black dots that resemble braille.
• 800 Jahre Vipperow 1178-1978
  A black and white drawing of a town is at the top of the poster. The town is in the background and a field and trees are in the foreground. Below that image is a circle with a boar running. The poster appears to promote a festival that occurred May 12-16, 1978, to celebrate the 800 year anniversary of Vipperow.
• Haus der Sowjetischen Wissenschaft und Kultur '84-89
  There is a letter v-shaped design with one side consisting of the USSR flag design and the other side the DDR flag design. There is also confetti floating horizontally across the poster. At the bottom are the opening days and hours for the museum. The poster appears to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of the museum.
• 30 Jahre Tierpark Berlin
  Three gazelles are in an African field setting. One of the gazelles is in the background while the other two are in the foreground with only their heads visible since they are closer to the viewer. This celebrates the 30th year of the zoo being open in the East.
• In Officio Medicinae
  The poster is double-sided with the same title on both sides. The images are different, though. One side shows three people dressed in regal clothing with several chemical manufacturing structures in front of them. The other side shows a skeleton in the middle of a crowd of people that are observing a live surgery. On the bottom of each side is half of a calendar year for 1984.