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    Title

  • Nein, mich zwingt ihr nicht

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 60 x 90 cm

  • Date

    1923

  • 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 mostly consists of an image of a figure wearing a cap and brown suit (a German citizen) facing off against two French soldiers with helmets and bayonets. The text is in red at the top and bottom of the poster.

  • Subject

    Posters, Facsimiles

  • Place

    Germany, History, Allied occupation, 1918-1930

  • Genre

    Political posters; Posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1920-1930

  • Part Of

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

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to pay reparations to France; however, Germany defaulted on these payments. As a result, French troops occupied the Ruhr region of Germany starting on January 11, 1923. On January 19, the Reich government proclaims "Passive Resistance on the Ruhr," which leads to a wave of German patriotic enthusiasm and acts of civil disobedience against the French occupiers. However, the costs of passive resistance can only be met with increased printing of paper money by the Germans. The economy in the Ruhr collapses, and the value of German currency plumments soon afterwards. Passive resistance becomes active sabotage, which leads to increasingly severe sanctions by the occupying power.

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Citation

Nein, mich zwingt ihr nicht, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [II.23].