Text only broadside for a Nazi Party political rally, concert, and march
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 18.125 inches (46.038 cm)
Creator(s)
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Bezirk Grenzmark Nord (Distributor)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Tom Hardisty.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tom Hardisty
Scope and Content
Text only poster announcing a Freedoms Rally sponsored by the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers' Party/Nazi Party] to be held in Schneidemuhl, Germany, (now Pila, Poland) on July 25 and 26, 1931. It was a two day event, with speakers and a concert on Saturday and a rally, speakers, and a protest march led by local Storm Troopers on Sunday. The featured speakers were local Nazi Party officials and members who held seats in the Reichstag. Nazi propaganda and recruitment efforts were centralized, but local party groups were essential to the political and popular success of the NSDAP in Germany in the late 1920s-early 1930s. Events such as this nurtured the idea of national community central to Nazi ideology and contrasted it with the political and social upheaval of the current Weimar government. The Nazis received the largest vote percentage in the next national elections in 1932, the last democratic national election held in prewar Germany. On January 31, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Text only poster on light brown paper with German text in Fraktur font in black ink. At the top is a heading in medium font calling for the attention of German men, women, and children. Below are 2 paragraphs in small font about the current political situation. The title, Freiheitskundgebung, in large font is in the center above a schedule of the days and events which fills the remainder of the poster. Near the bottom are the admission information and the name of the sponsoring local Nazi Party. In the lower left corner is the printing credit. There are 4 large swastikas in each corner. The poster is creased and the lower right corner is missing.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Nazi propaganda--Germany--Posters.
- Demonstrations--Germany--Schneidemuhl.
- National socialism--Germany--Posters.
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933--Posters.
Genre
- Posters
- Object