German poster collection

Identifier: irn85614
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of anti-Semitic, advertising, and political posters, and a pair of shoes worn in Buchenwald concentration camp.

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St. Louis and Milwaukee Poster advertising the flagships of the Hamburg-Amerika Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3718
- English
- 1929-1935
- overall: Height: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German advertisement poster for the Hamburg-America Line’s transatlantic liners, St. Louis and Milwaukee. On May 13, 1939, the St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany with 937 passengers, almost all of whom were Jews fleeing the Third Reich. The majority of the passengers had applied for US visas, and planned to stay in Cuba until they could enter the United States. However, shortly before the ship set sail, Cuba invalidated the landing permits and transit visas of the Jewish refugee passengers. When the St. Louis arrived in Cuba on May 27, the Cuban government only allowed 28 passengers i...
Great Exhibition 1918 Anti-Bolshevist, Anti-Semitic 1918 Great Exhibition advertisement poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3719
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 35.375 inches (89.853 cm) | Width: 23.875 inches (60.643 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster showing a figure shaded in red with stereotypical Jewish features setting fire to the numbers 1918. It is a propaganda advertisement for the 1944 Grossausstellung 1918 Exhibition, which was designed to show Germans why they were fighting World War II. The Exhibition was title 1918 in order to emphasize that Germany surrendered that year and showed how horrible the conditions in Germany were at the conclusion of World War I. The imagery of a man with Jewish features, with both the year and him presented in red, strongly implies the Nazi belief that Jewish Communists sabotaged the Germ...
To the gun! Into the military men of the SA Black and white Sturmabteilung (SA) recruitment poster with a rifle over the British coastline
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3720
- English
- 1934
- overall: Height: 24.250 inches (61.595 cm) | Width: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German recruitment poster for the Sturmabteilung (SA), a Nazi paramilitary organization responsible for protecting party meetings, voter intimidation, and physically assaulting opponents. The wreath and sword symbol at the lower right are also featured on the SA sport badge and armband which were given out for physical accomplishment. As a result of the Great Depression and the growing popularity of the Nazi Party, SA membership swelled to 400,000 by 1932, and by 1933 membership was at approximately two million. On The Night of Long Knives, June 30, 1934, Hitler and the Schutzstaffel (SS) c...
Text only poster declaring the Anschluss as a German Austria homecoming
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3721
- English
- 1938
- overall: Height: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Width: 33.250 inches (84.455 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German text only poster declaring the German annexation of Austria, the Anschluss, as a long overdue homecoming for Austria. The poster highlights several important years and events in Austrian and German history. In 1806, France and Napoleon dissolved the Germanic Holy Roman Empire which had stood for nearly a thousand years, and created a French puppet state from the German kingdoms. The Revolutions of 1848 were a series of revolts against European monarchies that spread from France into Austria and the other German states. The revolts all ended in failure with the monarchies retaining th...
Waffen SS recruitment poster featuring a young uniformed soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3722
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 34.250 inches (86.995 cm) | Width: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Recruitment poster for the Waffen SS featuring a profile image of a uniformed soldier. The Waffen SS was the armed military division of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the Nazi paramilitary organization that was responsible for security, intelligence gathering and analysis, and enforcing Nazi racial policies. They controlled the concentration camp system and planned and coordinated the Final Solution. The SS was originally formed in 1925 to protect Hitler along with other Nazi leaders and provide security at political meetings. In 1929, Heinrich Himmler was appointed Reichsführer-SS (Reich Leader o...
Never will the empire be destroyed if you are united and loyal Pro-Nazi election poster with the faces of Hitler and Hindenburg
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3723
- English
- 1933
- overall: Height: 47.500 inches (120.65 cm) | Width: 33.250 inches (84.455 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) campaign poster featuring a black and white image of the heads of Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg. The quote below them is from poet Max von Schenkendorf and is inscribed on an 1897 monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I. The monument commemorates the founding of the German Empire and affirms German unity. The reuse of this quote, with its allusions to the monument and the German Empire, reaffirms the Nazi party platform of a union of all Germans. Forming a greater Germany through the abolition of the Treaty of Versailles and the return of la...
We Workers have awakened Pro-Nazi election poster featuring an oversized Aryan man towering over Germany’s enemies
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3724
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 35.430 inches (89.992 cm) | Width: 24.490 inches (62.205 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German poster for the 1932 Reichstag election showing a giant, muscular Aryan man looking down on dwarfish caricatures of the opposition candidates and German enemies. The poster features caricatures of former German chancellors Hermann Müller and Heinrich Brüning, as well as a figure wielding a bloody knife representing the threat of communism. A figure with stereotypical Jewish features and a newspaper in his pocket, denoting that the press is in the pocket of the Jews, is whispering in Müller’s ear, influencing his actions. Heinrich Brüning is holding a sign that references his use of em...
One people, one empire, one leader! Color poster with a portrait of Hitler and the Nazi slogan: Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3725
- English
- overall: Height: 46.625 inches (118.428 cm) | Width: 33.375 inches (84.773 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Color poster of an iconic painting of Adolf Hitler printed in Germany during the Third Reich, 1933-1945. The original painting was created by Heinrich Knirr in 1935-1936, and was based on a photograph taken by Heinrich Hoffman in 1935. Hitler approved the image and it became popular as it was widely used on Nazi propaganda pieces. The slogan Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer (One People, One Country, One Leader) was one of the central slogans used by Hitler and the Nazi Party. Nazi propaganda portrayed their leader (Fuhrer) as the living embodiment of the German nation and people. This slogan...
Our last hope: Hitler Pro Hitler poster featuring a crowd of forlorn people
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3726
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 48.000 inches (121.92 cm) | Width: 33.750 inches (85.725 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster for Adolf Hitler’s 1932 presidential campaign as the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) Presidential candidate against incumbent Paul von Hindenburg. This poster was designed by Hans Schweitzer, who went by the pseudonym Mjölnir (the hammer of Thor) and initially preserved by the FJM Rehse Archive and Museum of Contemporary History in Munich, a museum operated by the Nazi Party that preserved much of their early propaganda. By June 1932, Germany was deep in the throes of the Great Depression with six million unemployed. This economic distress contributed to a rise ...
The People select List 1 National Socialists Pro-Nazi election poster with a giant red swastika and number 1
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3727
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 47.250 inches (120.015 cm) | Width: 33.500 inches (85.09 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Political poster promoting the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler for the German elections of 1932. The image shows how, with the people’s support, the Nazi Party became the most popular political party in Germany. This poster was initially preserved by the FJM Rehse Archive and Museum of Contemporary History in Munich, a museum operated by the Nazi Party that preserved much of their early propaganda. By June 1932, Germany was deep in the throes of the Great Depression, with six million unemployed. This economic distress contributed to a rise in the popularity of the Nazi Party who along with the ...
With Our Flags is the Victory German propaganda poster featuring a gold eagle and Nazi flags
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3728
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 33.375 inches (84.773 cm) | Width: 24.125 inches (61.278 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German World War II propaganda poster featuring a golden eagle soaring in front of a series of Nazi flags created by artist Hans Schweitzer, who went by the pseudonym Mjölnir (Thor’s Hammer). The flag in the image is an interpretation of the Reichskriegflagge (German War Flag). It was designed personally by Hitler and was flown by all military forces of Nazi Germany. In 1943, the tide of the war had begun to turn against the Germans. The early progress of the invasion of the Soviet Union had stalled and the American and British armies had virtually pushed the German armies out of Africa. Th...
The Enemy is on the Right/Choose Social Democrats German Social Democratic Party anti-Nazi election poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3729
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German, anti-Nazi political propaganda poster promoting the Social Democratic Party for the elections of 1932. The figure on the poster wears the brown garb of a Sturmabteilung (SA or Storm Trooper), a paramilitary organization that had a reputation for violence and intimidation against Jews and Nazi opponents. By June 1932, Germany was deep in the throes of the Great Depression, with six million unemployed. This economic distress contributed to a rise in the popularity of the Nazi Party who along with the Communist Party and the Social Democrats, were the most popular political parties in ...
Konrad Henlein united us! The leader freed us! Poster of Adolf Hitler and Konrad Henlein shaking hands after the annexation of the Sudetenland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3730
- English
- overall: Height: 46.250 inches (117.475 cm) | Width: 33.125 inches (84.138 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster depicting Adolf Hitler and Konrad Henlein shaking hands and promoting the German annexation of the Sudetenland. This image is a reproduction of a photograph of Hitler and Henlein’s meeting. In the original, Herman Goering is in the background but he has been edited out of this image. Czechoslovakia was founded in 1918 after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian state at the end of World War I. Within its borders was the Sudetenland, an area with a predominantly German ethnic population. Konrad Henlein founded the Sudeten German Party, whose goal was to achieve autonomy for the Sude...
Stop now, choose Hitler Pro-Nazi election poster of a giant worker breaking his shackles
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3731
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 35.375 inches (89.853 cm) | Width: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Political poster promoting Adolf Hitler for the German presidential elections of 1932. The poster features a man breaking chians on his wrists, implying that a vote for Hitler will stop the oppression that shackles the common man. Hitler ran as the National Socialist German Workers’ Party candidate against incumbent Paul von Hindenburg. This poster was designed by Hans Schweitzer, who went by the pseudonym Mjölnir (the hammer of Thor). By June 1932, Germany was deep in the throes of the Great Depression, with six million unemployed. This economic distress contributed to a rise in the popula...
Greater Germany Yes! On April 10 Poster encouraging the public to vote yes in the 1938 Anschluss referendum
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3732
- English
- 1938
- overall: Height: 46.625 inches (118.428 cm) | Width: 33.625 inches (85.408 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Anschluss poster displaying several arms raised for the Nazi salute in support of the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria in 1938. Austria had experienced a prolonged period of economic stagnation, political dictatorship, and intense Nazi propaganda. When German troops entered the country on March 12, 1938 they received the enthusiastic support of most of the population, and Austria was incorporated into Germany the next day. The poster is an attempt to curry support for a referendum that would legitimize the annexation. On April 10, the German annexation was retroactively approved ...
Waffen SS recruitment poster with multiple blocks of small text and photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3733
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 34.750 inches (88.265 cm) | Width: 25.250 inches (64.135 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German recruitment poster for the Waffen SS featuring photographs of high ranking SS officers and soldiers participating in their wartime activities. The Waffen SS was the armed military division of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the Nazi paramilitary organization that was responsible for security, intelligence gathering and analysis, and enforcing Nazi racial policies. The SS controlled the concentration camp system and planned and coordinated the Final Solution. The SS was originally formed in 1925 to protect Hitler along with other Nazi leaders and provide security at political meetings. In 192...
Waffen SS Admission after age 17 Waffen SS recruitment poster featuring a soldier and a Leibstandarte (SS Adolf Hitler flag)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3734
- English
- overall: Height: 31.125 inches (79.058 cm) | Width: 21.125 inches (53.658 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Recruitment poster for the Waffen SS featuring an image of a uniformed soldier and a Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler flag. The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler was Hitler’s personal bodyguard regiment. The Waffen SS was the armed military division of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the Nazi paramilitary organization that was responsible for security, intelligence gathering and analysis, and enforcing Nazi racial policies. They controlled the concentration camp system and planned and coordinated the Final Solution. The SS was originally formed in 1925 to protect Hitler along with other Nazi leaders and p...
German Men SS recruitment poster with photos depicting SS soldiers’ activities
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3735
- English
- 1938
- overall: Height: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Width: 17.625 inches (44.768 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Recruitment poster for the Waffen SS featuring photographs of soldiers participating in their wartime duties. The Waffen SS was the armed military division of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the Nazi paramilitary organization that was responsible for security, intelligence gathering and analysis, and enforcing Nazi racial policies. They controlled the concentration camp system and planned and coordinated the Final Solution. The SS was originally formed in 1925 to protect Hitler along with other Nazi leaders and provide security at political meetings. In 1929, Heinrich Himmler was appointed Reichsfü...
Nazi election poster featuring a portrait image of Adolf Hitler’s head
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3736
- English
- 1932
- overall: Height: 48.000 inches (121.92 cm) | Width: 34.000 inches (86.36 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster for Adolf Hitler’s 1932 campaign as the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) presidential candidate against incumbent Paul von Hindenburg. The poster features a photorealistic black and white image of the disembodied head of Adolf Hitler against a black background, with his name printed below in large white capital letters. The black and white coloring helped to make the poster conspicuous, and stand out against the often multicolored designs of contemporary advertisements and posters. The image of Hitler stares out at the viewer confidently, giving the impression th...
Yes! Leader we are following you! Nazi propaganda poster of Adolf Hitler in front of a mass of saluting people
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn3737
- English
- overall: Height: 35.875 inches (91.123 cm) | Width: 24.750 inches (62.865 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
German political poster encouraging public support for Adolf Hitler’s usurpation of power after the death of German President, Paul von Hindenburg, in 1934. The poster features a photographic image that shows the public saluting and cheering Hitler, and text exclaiming their adoration, implying Germans’ united support for his assumption of power as sole leader of Germany. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, he began laying the foundations for the Nazi state, worked to secure his power, and eliminate his opposition. In February 1933, after an attack on the R...