The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A post-First World War German anti-Bolshevist poster issued by Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] c.1919. The poster features the image of a giant male figure representing Communism. He is stamping over a German town, wielding a flaming torch that is causing havoc and fire. The title and text are positioned beneath this image and translate as: 'Germany's ideal future under the dominion of the Bolshevist'. The 1919 campaign for the German National Assembly stimulated propagandists on both the Right and the Left, which manifested itself in a classic battle of slogans and images plastered on the walls of German cities. On one side, the proletariat created posters calling for a restoration of order in the streets and, on the other, posters called for revolution. Similar in style, the propagandists produced posters that are purposefully crude, dark and expressionistic. Each poster tackles the problems of hunger, unemployment and exploitation left in the wake of the First World War with the intent to capture the hearts and minds of a divided and conquered German people. The active presence of communists in Germany after the First World War led to the heightened fears of a Russian-style revolution.
German anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster depicting a Russian wolf standing over a figure submerged in a pool of blood. In translation the poster states: 'Bolshevism means the world will drown in blood'
Post First World War German anti-bolshevist poster issued by Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] c.1919. The poster features the image of a skeleton, encased
German post First World War anti-Bolshevism poster offering a choice between fire and chaos or rebuilding and prosperity. The 1919 campaign for the German National Assembly stimulated propagandists on
Post First World War German anti-bolshevist poster issued by Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolscheivismus [Alliance to Combat Bolshevism] c.1919. The poster features the image of a skeleton, encased
German anti-Bolshevism poster which translates as ; 'Nations of Europe join in the defence of your faith and your home' . The poster depicts a heroic figure pointing to a menacing cloud with a skull i
German anti-Bolshevik propaganda poster depicting a Russian wolf standing over a figure submerged in a pool of blood. In translation the poster states: 'Bolshevism means the world will drown in blood'
German poster published either nearing the end or soon after the cessation of the First World War. The poster targets the increasing influence of the Spartakusbund (Spartacus League), which was a Marx
Russian First World War war savings poster published prior to the 1917 Soviet Revolution. The image is of Saint George and the Dragon an iconography also employed by propagandists in Britain and Germa
