East German Poster Database

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• 5. Betriebs Festspiele
  Poster advertising performance festival in Weimar from 1-5 May 1974.
• Meine Umwelt Blumenschau Leipzig '87
  A lion that is comprised of leaves holds a bouquet of flowers. A ribbon comes out from the bottom of the bouquet and wraps around the lion's leg. The poster promotes a flower show that occurred September 19-27, 1987. Copy of CS-0110
• Kulturpark Berlin Sommer in Berlin
  A yellow spiral shape is in the middle of the poster and drops of different colors of paint are scattered all over the poster. The background is blue. Copy of CS-0070.
• Tierpark Gera
  An owl's head is partially visible and the brown background blends in with the owl's brown feathers. The poster appears to be an advertisement for the Gera Zoo. Copy of CS-0072.
• Leipziger Kleinmesse
  Two children are on a carousel lion above a crowd of people. The poster is very colorful and appears to be promoting a festival-type event that occurred August 11-September 2, 1978. Copy of CS-0060.
• [No Title]
  A gymnast on a pommel horse that is stylized to look like a real horse. The gymnast and horse are superimposed over a checkerboard background.
• VI. Kinder- und Jugend-Spartakiade der DDR Leipzig '77
  Three youth with medals standing on a podium. The poster advertises the 1977 Spartakiade in Leipzig.
• Mehr Farben braucht das Land
  Title reads: "The country needs more colors". Features abstract rainbow on left with text on right detailing the platform of the Green Alliance (a women's movement). Poster created for the October 1990 elections (gesamtdeutsche Bundestags).
• [no title]
  Poster with a photograph entirely in Chinese.
• Friedrich Engels
  Black and white photograph of Engels with brown Fraktur type superimposed.
• Niemals wieder!
  Poster depicts a photograph of a dove impaled on a short sword. The text reads "never again!"
• Demokratie in bester Verfassung
  Impressionistic image of a very large man leaning down over a very small person. The title reads "Democracy in prime condition." The poster innumerates problems with politics in Germany and advertises for Bündnis 90/die Grünen in 1990.
• Das kann doch nicht alles gewesen sein!
  Poster advertises for Bündnis 90 and the Greens in one of the 1990 elections in East Germany.
• 50 Millionen
  Stylized image of numerous white candles on a black background. Text reads "50 Million: 1939-1945."
• J.W. Stalin — der beste Freund des deutschen Volkes
  Woodblock print image of Stalin on red background with text "J.W. Stalin — the best friend of the German people."
• STOP!
  Poster depicts a black NATO rocket on a deep blue background with the word "STOP!" overhead in red.
• 20 Jahre Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse Schutz des Friedens und des Sozialismus
  Sketch of a soldier holding a rifle. Behind him are the Berlin TV tower and the Brandenburg Gate waving an East German flag. The text reads "20 years of fighting groups of the working class. Protection of Peace and Socialism."
• CHILE
  Poster is a print, possibly woodblock, of a red fist with "CHILE" printed underneath. There is an illegible artist's signature in pencil underneath the print.
• Nase voll
  Poster represents a cartoon image of a bear (which often represents Berlin), has a ring through its nose and a rope attached to the ring. The ring, however, has the Mercedes-Benz logo inside it. At the top, the poster states "[we've] had enough," implying that East Germans have had enough of the corporatization of their country since reunification. The poster advertises the PDS in the October 1990 elections in reunified Germany.
• OPPDSITION
  The poster advertises the PDS for the October 1990 elections in reunified Germany. The text is a play on the word "Opposition" in which the party's name PDS is inserted.
• Solidarität
  the poster depicts a version of Da Vinci's Vitruvian man stylized to look like a Black African. The man is breaking "chains" that connect two of his wrists and that read "Apartheid." At the top of the poster in red is the word "Solidarity."
• [Lenin and Marx]
  Stylized picture of Lenin pulling back his overcoat to reveal a shirt with Karl Marx's face on it, including dates indicating the 1983 centenary of Marx's death.
• Der Weg ist frei!
  Poster depicts Kohl and Gorbachev in the center underneath the words "The Path is Clear!" Underneath, the poster reads "Unification is coming: CDU: We are one people!" The poster advertises for the CDU for the March 1990 East German elections.
• STOP PDSPDSEDSPDPDS
  Large red stop sign that reads "Stop" with a soup of letters underneath representing the PDS, the SED, and the SPD -- all socialist parties, which the sign implies are all the same. Poster advertises the Demokratischer Aufbruch for the March 1990 elections in East Germany.
• Tag des deutschen Bergmannes
  Poster depicts a hand gripping chunks of coal and other mined materials underneath a platform with a red star and red flag. The top of the poster reads "Miners! Forward to new, good deed for peace and socialism." The poster advertises the July 6, 1958, "Day of German Miners."