The Children Relax The Fathers Work Large campaign poster using 2 school girls to illustrate the healthy children and high employment in Germany thanks to Adolf Hitler
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 32.500 inches (82.55 cm) | Width: 23.250 inches (59.055 cm)
Creator(s)
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (Distributor)
- Hugo Fischer (Publisher)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
Scope and Content
Nazi propaganda poster produced for the March 29, 1936, Reichstag election and plebiscite on the remilitarization of the Rhineland. It illustrates the prosperity and well-being brought to Germany by Hitler by comparing 1932 to 1935 statistics. It features 2 uniformed Hitler Youth school girls; the smaller figure has large crowd of unemployed workers extending behind her; the large figure has a small crowd. The poster was issued by the Nazi Party in Munich, Germany. The election had only Nazi party candidates. The referendum was to approve, after the fact, the German reclamation of sovereignty of the Rhineland in western Germany, an area that had been demilitarized under the Treaty of Versailles; 98.9% of the population voted in support of the Nazis.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Large newsprint poster with the title in German cursive and red ink curved across the top. The center image reproduces a pencil drawing of 2 girls, standing facing forward. The smaller girl on the left wears a white blouse and dark skirt, ankle socks, and dark shoes. A large crowd of male figures stands behind her receding far into the background. Below her is the caption title, 1932, and lines of German fraktur text in black and red ink. The larger girl on the right is dressed nearly the same, except the addition of a cap and neckerchief make a complete Hitler youth uniform. The group of men behind her right knee is much smaller. Below her is the caption title, 1935, and lines of German fraktur text in black and red ink. A row of text in large bold front runs across the lower edge. There are several holes, section missing in the upper left, and adhesive tape repairs. Variant of 2008.342.4, 2008.342.17.
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Reichstag
Subjects
- Elections--Germany--History--20th century.
- Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany.
- Propaganda, Germany--20th century.
- Political campaigns--Germany--History--20th century.
- Elections
Genre
- Posters
- Object