East German Poster Database

Items

• 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.

• 1918 1958 / 40 Jahre Sowjetarmee / 40 Jahre Siegreiche Verteidigung des Socialismus und des Friedens

  The poster is red, dark brown, light brown and white. It depicts two Russian soldiers. The poster commemorates the 40 year anniversary of the founding of the Red Army. The text at the bottom translates roughly to “Forty years of the victorious defense of socialism and freedom.”

• 60 Jahre UdSSR Fur Frieden und Kommunismus

  Poster is white with black letters and a red hammer and sickle. The poster celebrates the 60 year anniversary of the founding of the soviet union in 1922.

• SPD — Eine neue Politik. Eine neue Wirtschaft. Eine neue Moral.

  Poster is white with red "SPD" at top followed by a green three-leafed plant, followed by a red dot. Text in black below reads "A new politic. A new economy. A new moral." Poster likely made for March 1990 elections in East Germany.

• Rechtsanmalt/Linksanwalt

  Poster is black and white portrait of Karl Liebknecht with blue, red, and purple color "spray painted" around the sides. Title in purple at top and red at bottom reads "Lawyer/Leftist Lawyer" (play on words -rechts lit. "right", rechtsanwalt lit. "lawyer", linksanwalt "left lawyer").

• Wählt die Kandidaten der Nationalen Front des demokratischen Deutschland

  Poster is beige with black type. Title reads "Vote for the candidate of the National Front of democratic Germany." Includes a quote by Wilhelm Pieck at top which pleads with Germans to carefully examine the proposed "Five Year Plan," regardless of their political affiliations. Poster created for the October 1950 state elections.

• Trassenbauer- Gerd Eggers

  This poster is white with a childishly drawn rainbow at bottom at two blue clouds above. The title in black at quotes the poem "Trassenbauer" (track builders) by Gerd Eggers: "One day grass and field will grow over the tracks, and with young trees the tracks will come home to the forest. Our work, when it is good, is silent, invisible".

• 1870-1970

  Poster is black and white portrait of Lenin with birth year and year of publication in red top left.

• Jahrhundert des Marxismus-Leninismus

  Poster is white with a globe at top. Continents are blue with USSR in red. Behind the globe are gray spiral. Below is a black silhouette portrait of Lenin pointing to the left. Title in blue reads "Centenary of Marxism-Leninism."

• Arbeiterklasse/Klassearbeiter

  Poster is black and white photo of a DDR worker with hardhat and clenched fist. First part of title in red superimposed across center reads "Working class". Second part in white center bottom reads "Class of Workers".

• Hier spricht die Zivilverteidigung

  Poster is divided into rectangular segments with various textual excerpts, cartoon images, and diagrams. Primary colors are red, orange, yellow, and blue. Poster promotes the German Civil Defense.

• Qualität geht jeden an

  Poster is light blue with cartoon faces of GDR workers crowded at bottom (e.g., nurses, chefs, policemen, aviators, miners, etc.) Title in black at top reads "Quality is everyone's [job]".

• 1. Mai/Vorwärts zum XI. Parteitag der SED

  Poster features a large red numeral "1" with FDGB insignia inscribed inside. Period is a red flower, followed by the word "Mai" in script similar to the numeral but smaller. Bottome text in black promotes the eleventh anniversary of the SED.

• Seine Ideen/unsere Praxis/Friedrich Engels 1820-1895

  Poster is a black and white portrait of Friedrich Engels. Title in black at top and red at bottom reads "His Ideas/Our Practice" with name and birth/death dates in red vertical on right.

• Zur Quatlität gehört die Material-Ökonomie

  Poster is orange and divided into quadrants. Each depicts a cartoon of a worker in green uniform carving a slab of concrete into a sculpture. In the fourth segment, a second worker holds up a sign saying "The Material Economy belongs to quality".

• Ein Staat gestaltend sich zu einer Macht, die Frieden will und Frieden kann erzwingen - Ein Staat, auf aller Wohlergehn bedacht ein Raum für jeden, Großes zu vollbringen.

  Poster is navy with multi-color, different-sized text for title (specific colors are mint, white, and red). Bordered by text promoting the National Holiday of the DDR on October 7th. Title reads "A state is considered a creatively accomplish power that wants peace, and peace can not forced - a country to prosper needs room for everyone.

• Tage der Ungarischen Volksrepublik im Palast der Republik

  Poster is blue with white border. Features a geometric potted flower design in red and green on white. Title in black at top promates a "Hungary Day" from March 31st through April 10th 1988.

• DDR 35/Programm des Volkes

  Poster is blue with white off-white border. Title in digital font on rainbow background with subtitle in black caps on off-white squares reading "Program of the People".