East German Poster Database

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• [no title]
  This poster shows a painting of people from around the world in a peaceful setting. It is a mural by Susanne Kandt-Horn from the FDGB vacation home "Solidarity" in Heringsdorf.
• Der Kampf von Karl Marx um die Herstellung eines einheitlichen Deutschlands 1848/49
  Poster depicts Marx's arrest in Brüssel (left) and a Marx portrait (right), both in black and white, with further b/w pictures bottom center. Text includes quotes from Marx and Engels. Title reads "The struggle of Karl Marx to create a single democratic Germany 1848/49". Poster is one of a series of eight. Text at the bottom attributes it to the Party College "Karl Marx" of the SED.
• Kampf dem Imperialismus
  This poster shows various images of Germans working and attending political rallies. There are also images of Vietnamese villagers and African guerrilla fighters. The poster background is orange. The poster is an advertisement fro the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin.
• Der „Bund der Kommunisten”
  Poster depicts two portaits: Marx (left) and Engels (right). Featues quotes from Engels, Stalin, Lenin, and Marx. Poster is one of a series of eight. Title reads "The League of Communists". The bottom indicates it is a product of the Party College "Karl Marx" of the SED.
• Wo Willenskraft und Erkenntnis sich durchsetzen, da läßt sich vieles, was sonst fast unmöglich war, leichter überwinden.
  This poster shows an inkprint rendering of Icarus falling from the sky. The text is positioned between the feathers of his wings. The text is a quote from Ernst Thälmann.
• Am 2. Mai 1946/SED
  Poster shows a man holding a red flower in front of a red flag (black, white and red). Title in red outlined in black reads "On May 1st 1946/ SED". Text below reads
• Fünfunddreißig Jahre DDR Frieden Kunst am 15. September 1984 in allen Räumen der Akademie der Künste. Dafür einen Tag der Künste für unseren Staat für Frieden für uns.
  This poster advertises a day celebrating art in the DDR to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the DDR. On September 15, 1984, admission to the Academy of Arts in East Berlin is free. The poster has red text on a white background with orange text in diagonal lines behind the red text.
• Nachdenken über Deutschland
  Poster shows black and white photograph of a guard tower behind the border between East and West Germany. Text reads "Contemplating Germany".
• *weitsichtig!!!
  This poster is a reprinted portrait image of Friedrich Engels. Red text is added over the original text of the image, drawing attention to a portion of the text. The text from the original image is almost unreadable.
• Ausstellung Rainer Schade
  Poster shows a person made up of bricks with the top portion of his head blown off and his eyes visible inside. Poster advertises an exhibition for the Work of Rainier Schade at the Galerie am Hansering in Halle/Saale.
• Auch im Zeitalter des Computers steht bei uns der Mensch mit seiner Arbeit, seinen Fähigkeiten und seinen Bedürfnissen im Mittelpunkt allen Geschehens.
  This poster displays various grids overlaid on black and white pictures of trees. In the upper corners, images of a satellite and men in gliders appear. Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is in the center of the image. The text reads, "Even in the era of the computer, the human stands with us in the middle of all that happens with his work, his capabilities, and his needs.
• East Side Gallery GDR
  Poster promotes the "East Side Gallery" in the GDR, the world's largest open-air gallery. Photograph shows famous graffiti art by Dmitri Vrubel, depicting Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker.
• Nach und die Zukunft
  This poster shows a yellow plate with a knife and fork. The symbol for radiation appears on the plate. A block of text is below the image.
• East Side Gallery GDR
  Poster promotes the "East Side Gallery" in the GDR, the world's largest open-air gallery. Photograph shows a segment of the Wall with graffiti depicting New York, Berlin and Tokyo.
• in the name of humanity
  This poster is a reprint of a 1968 original. The image is a portait of an American soldier in Vietnam superimposed on an array of portraits of wounded Vietnamese civilians. Black and white.
• [black and white photo of girl climbing through the Wall]
  Poster is a large black and white photograph of a girl climbing through a hole in the Wall while through a hole to the right a policeman stands watching.
• Gilt überall
  This poster has a newspaper article about nuclear war in the center. The title appears below the image of the article.
• And you! What are you doing for peace?
  Poster features a painting depicting the day the Wall came down, with a crowd of people and many straddling a part of the Wall that remains standing.
• REVOLUTION. Alles, was die Menschen in bewegung setzt, muss durch ihren Kopf hindurch; aber welche Gestalt es in diesem Kopf annimmt, hängt sehr von den umständen ab. Friedrich Engels.
  This poster has the word "Revolution" in large red-orange letters with a quote from Friedrich Engels in black beneath it.
• Berlin 11 November 1989
  Poster depicts a black and white photograph of soldiers from East Germany emerging from a break in the Wall into a crowd of people on the West side.
• Give Peace a Chance
  This poster is a portrait image of John Lennon with a bleeding American flag on his forehead. The portrait is on a black background with white text around the edges.
• [collage of black and white and color images superimposed on photograph of the Wall]
  Poster features a collage of various black and white and color images superimposed on a photograph of the Wall.
• Luther fegte nicht nur den Augiasstall der Kirche, sondern auch den der deutschen Sprache aus, schuf die moderne deutsche Prosa und dichtete Text und Melodie jenes siegesgewissen Chorals, der die Marseillaise des 16.Jahrhunderts wurde. Friedrich Engels.
  This poster has a black and white woodcut image of a large hand on an open Bible with various religious figures sprawled beneath it. The image is on a brown background. The poster is part of the 1983 celebration of the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther's birth.
• [photograph of man and boy chipping away at the Wall while a policeman watches from the other side]
  Black and white photo depicts a man and his son chipping away pieces of the Wall on the West side while a police officer looks on from the East side.
• Nationales Jugendfestival der DDR — 30 Jahre DDR
  This poster is a yellow and black image of a typewriter surrounded by flowers. The paper in the typewriter reads "The youth of the Erfurt district greet the Berlin hosts." The poster is an advertisement for the 1979 national youth festival.