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    Title

  • Was 48 die Väter gedacht..

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 70 x 120 cm

  • Date

    1925

  • Place of Publication

    Fürth

  • 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

    The poster’s image illustrates the text written in a black fraktur font: "What the fathers imagined in (18)48, the grandchildren had realized in (19)18! Will you betray the banner, which (Jakob) Grimm and (Ludwig) Uhland unrolled? Black, red, and gold!!” The Volksblock’s candidate’s name, Wilhelm Marx, is written in a bold red font at the bottom.

  • Depicted

    Marx, Wilhelm, 1863-1946

  • Subject

    Revolutions, Germany, History, 19th century; Symbolism in politics, Germany, History, 1848-1849; Posters, Facsimiles

  • Place

    Germany, History, 1848-1849

  • 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

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Biographical/Historical Information

This poster is from the election campaign for the Reich presidential election in 1925. The politician Wilhelm Marx is favored by the Volksblock parties (the Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands (SPD), the Deutschen Demokratischen Partei (DDP), the Deutschen Zentrumspartei (Zentrum)). The Bayerische Volkspartei (BVP), otherwise almost aligned with the Zentrum, favors the candidate Paul von Hindenburg along with the parties further to the right. It was precisely the BVP votes that tipped the scales so that Hindenburg won. The Weimar National Assembly opted for the black, red, and gold flag - a link to the tradition of 1848. But this flag was rejected by circles loyal to the emperor, parts of the Reichswehr, and Germans abroad. Despite Hindenburg's compromise regulation of 1926 (the black, white, and red flag of the imperial era with a small black, red, and gold ensign may be displayed abroad in addition to the republican flag), the flag dispute continues.

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Citation

Was 48 die Väter gedacht.., Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [III.11].