East German Poster Database

Items

• 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.
• Bekenntnis und tat zum Schutz des Sozialismus/Signal DDR
  Poster consists of a gold background and the numbers in white with red and blue shadowing. Embedded in the numbers are FDJ insignia. The tail of the 5 trails off to form a stylized plane. Title in blue and red reads "A confession done for the protection of socialism/Signal DDR".
• Karl und Rosa
  Poster is copy of "Karl und Rosa" by Udo Rathke, a caricatured sketch portrait of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Box 1.
• Leistungen»vergliechen/Maßstäbe»setzen
  Poster is yellow and depicts a blue geometric "L" shape on a black grid. Title reads "Compare»services/Set»standards" in black. Box 1.
• Äthiopien vom gestern ins morgen/Übt Solidarität! Spendet auf das Konto PsychA Berlin 444
  Poster depicts an abstracted Ethiopian family of three against a blue gradient background. Title reads "Ethiopens from yesterday to tomorrow/Practice solidarity! Donate to the account of PsychA Berlin 444". Box 1.
• Ihr Programm lebt in unseren Taten/70 Jahre KPD und 40 Jahre DDR…
  Poster title declares that "Your program lives on in our deeds/70 years of KPD and 40 years of DDR...". Features portraits of Fritz Heckert und Faleska Meinig, along with newspaper and protocol excerpts. To the right of title is a red raised fist. Box 1.
• Woche der Deutsch-Sowjetischen Freundschaft 8.-15. Mai 1982/Feste der Freundschaft 1982
  Poster is blue with large white letter "f" decorated with three yellow and red flowers. Title in white reads "Week of German-Soviet Friendship May 8th-15th, 1982/Fest of Friendship 1982". Box 1.
• SR Vietnam/Lächeln ist und blüten blühn Augen, die nicht weinen müssen sehn die Erde wieder grün
  Poster is a depiction of powerlines running across a green vegetated area with the sun behind. As the landscape comes toward the viewer it becomes pregressivley geometric and dead. Title in green reads "SR Vietnam/Flowers bloom smiles and eyes that do not have to cry, seeing the earth green again". Box 1.
• [Waleri Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn]
  Poster is a portrait of Waleri Bykowski and Sigmund Jähn inside a spacecraft dressed in cosmonaut gear. Blue background with the signature of each in white at bottom. Box 1.