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    Artist

  • Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, originator

    • Title

  • Das sind die Feinde der Demokratie

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 79.4 x 112 cm

  • Date

    1930

  • Place of Publication

    München

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    Poster is dominated by the image of three menacing figures: one with a Nazi party hat holding a dagger, one with a red Soviet star hat, and the third with a soldier's helmet and gas mask. There is text superimposed on the top, bottom, and diagonally across the figures. The color scheme is yellow, black, white, and red.

  • Subject

    Political campaigns, Germany; Elections, Germany; Posters, Facsimiles

  • Genre

    Political posters; Posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1930-1940

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

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Biographical/Historical Information

The enemies of democracy - these are the mostly uniformed and always terrorist National Socialists and the Communists, who after the banning of the "Red Front Fighters' League" (1929) appear more threatening because of their support in Soviet Russia (Red Army cap). The figure in the background probably means less the "Stahlhelm - Bund der Frontkämpfer"; it vaguely evokes militarism and war.

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Citation

Das sind die Feinde der Demokratie, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [IV.6].