East German Poster Database

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• Zu den progressiven Traditionen... / Erich Honecker / Martin Luther
  This poster commemorates the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther's birth. It has a lengthy quote from Erich Honecker. Poster is white with black text. Oversize.
• Sie siegten - damit wir leben / 8. Mai 1945
  This poster commemorates VE day, May 8th, 1945. It shows a black and white image of what appear to be Red Army soldiers. The caption reads “They prevailed - that is why we live.” Oversize.
• Wettbewerb
  The poster looks like a grid, with black lines on a white background. Poster advertises the Sozialisticher Wettbewerb (Socialistic Competition Labor Initiative). The W in Wettbewerb turns into three colored arrows shooting up the grid. This is a two part poster, PL-0676 is the left side and PL-0677 is the right side. Oversize.
• Pack an, das Erreichte ist noch nicht das Erreichbare / Sozialistischer
  The poster looks like a grid, with black lines on a white background with a large red section with black letters. Poster advertises the Sozialisticher Wettbewerb (Socialistic Competition Labor Initiative). The quote at the top is a motivational slogan. This is a two part poster, PL-0676 is the left side and PL-0677 is the right side. Oversize.
• 8. Mai / 1945 1985
  Poster commemorates the May Day celebration from 1985. It is also the 40 year anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The poster shows a large photograph of a child being held by a soldier. Oversize.
• FDJ
  Poster displays large logo of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ) a Socialist youth organization. It is yellow, black and blue on a white background. Oversize.
• 1986 / 1. Mai / Kampf-Und Feiertag Der Arbeiterklasse
  Poster commemorates the May Day celebration from 1986. The poster is red and white with what looks like the outline of a blooming flower in the center. Oversize.
• [Untitled]
  Poster commemorates the 100 year anniversary of Lenin's birth. The only image on this half of the poster is Lenin's legs and shoes. This is a two-part poster, PL-0671 is the upper half and PL-0672 is the bottom half. Oversize.
• 1870 / 1970
  Poster commemorates the 100 year anniversary of Lenin's birth. It is black and white with red numbers, and a black and white image of Lenin. This is a two-part poster, PL-0671 is the upper half and PL-0672 is the bottom half. Oversize.
• Mai 1 / 1976
  Poster commemorates the May Day celebration from 1976. The poster is red and white and shows a man wearing a construction workers helmet. Oversize.
• Wählen gehen! / Beide Stimmen für die CDU / Zweitstimme ist Kanzlerstimme / CDU
  Poster is from the reunification period in the early nineties. It is a campaign poster for the CDU. Oversize.
• “Dafür arbeiten wir... / Eberhard Diepgen / CDU
  Poster is from the reunification period in the early nineties. The quote is from Eberhard Diepgen (pictured) the mayor of West Berlin who become the first mayor of unified Berlin. Oversize.
• Die Unbesiegbaren
  This poster is black, white and gray. The only text is at the bottom and says, “Die Unbeseigbaren” (The Unconquerable). This poster depicts armed guerrilla soldiers standing guard over a woman and child. Another soldier carries a wounded man.
• Patria Libertab
  Ths poster is black, white and gray. The text is in Spanish. The poster shows a large two headed vulture dressed in a military uniform with pictures of skulls on it. In front there are soldiers and a CIA agent protecting the vulture from two rifles with bayonets The rifles say “Unidad Popular” which was the Leftist coalition party in Salvador Allende's Chile. The soldier protecting the vulture has a banner which reads “Patria, Libertab” but Libertab is probably meant to be Libertad.
• Frau, Mann, Familie
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. This poster's title is “Frau, Mann, Familie” (Wife, Husband, Family). The text discusses how the socialist state is concerned with the family and with providing families with housing and other social services. Pictures are of parents and children.
• A und O aller Gleichberechtingung: Berufstätig sein
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. The title is “A und O aller Gleichberechtigung: Berufstätig sein” (The Alpha and Omega of Equality: Being Employed). This poster is about equal employment for women. Pictures show women working in a variety of jobs, a laboratory, in a green house, a factory and on a farm.
• Den Kindern gehts gut
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. The title is “Den Kindern gehts gut” (The Children are well). It highlights the treatment, care and education of children in the DDR. There are picturs of children listening to a woman play guitar, looking at a painting and a picture of a child sticking their face in a plate of food. There is also a chart with some statistics about childhood education.
• Im Vaterjahr
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. The title is Im Vaterjahr. The poster highlights a young family where the father plays an active role in child rearing instead of leaving the burden entirely to the mother. Pictures show the father with his children and a picture of the whole family. Box 1.
• Frauensport - groß geschrieben
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. The title is Frauensport - groß geschrieben (Women's sports - with a capital letter) means something like Women's sports are very important. Pictures show of all ages exercising as well as an athlete wearing a medallion.
• Von Anfang an gleiche Chancen
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. The title of this poster is “Von Anfang an gleiche Chancen” (Equal opportunities from the beginning). The poster highlights women's contributions to the education of children as well as the DDR emphasis on educating young girls and boys equally. Pictures show women teachers as well as children learning how to use computers, tape recorders and a group of young campers.
• ...nicht nur vom Brot allein
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. The title of this poster is “nicht nur vom Brot allein” (not only for bread alone) which is referring to the phrase “One cannot live on bread alone.” The poster celebrates women's contributions to art and culture. There is a picture of a woman in a yellow hard hat holding a painting in an art gallery, a writer, a potter, a group of girls doing ballet and an actress on stage in costume and makeup performing in an opera.
• Sicherheit, Geborgensein
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. This poster is about “Sicherheit, Geborgensein” (Security, being safe.) The poster does not seem to be referring to security in the sense of crime prevention or military defense, but rather socio-economic security and physical health. There are pictures of elderly people, babies in the delivery room, a woman in a wheelchair and a group of women exercising.
• Frauen in der Politik
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. This posters topic is “Frauen in der Politik” (Women in politics). Poster includes information and statistics about the involvement of East German women in political life.
• Millionenfache Kraft DFD - Organisation der Frauen
  Part of the Frauen der DDR (PL-0655) folder. This poster contains information about the Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands (DFD) which was a communist women's organization in East Germany. Pictures show women working in a field, female and male members of the Bundeskongress, women working in a print shop and women riding bikes.
• Frauen der DDR
  This poster is actually a folder which contains a number of other poster. The front says “Frauen der DDR” (Woman of the DDR). There is a photograph of two woman at desks writing and reading.