The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 both the Right and the Left, which manifested itself in a classic battle of slogans and images plastered to 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 War with the intent to capture the hearts and minds of a divided and conquered German public.
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
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
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 figur
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 depicting an ogre-like figure (symbolising Bolshevism) driving people in the east from their homes. The title of this poster transaltes as "The fatherland is in danger" and further text
German First World War poster depicting a large clawed hand looming, as smoke, above burning buildings. The poster text translates as ; 'Protect the Homeland' and asks people to join the Voluntary Arm