Before 1933 A Dying People Text only blue campaign poster celebrating the success of Nazi government population policies
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 39.130 inches (99.39 cm) | Width: 27.500 inches (69.85 cm)
Creator(s)
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (Distributor)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
Scope and Content
Nazi propaganda broadside produced for the March 29, 1936, Reichstag election and plebiscite on the remilitarization of the Rhineland. It compares the increasing German birth and marriage rate from 1932-1935 during Nazi rule versus the decreasing birth rate of the Weimar Republic. This version was produced by the Nazi Party (NSDAP),Wurttemberg-Hohenzollern district. The election had only Nazi party candidates. The referendum was to approve, after the fact, the German reclamation of sovereignty of the Rhineland in western Germany, an area that had been demilitarized under the Treaty of Versailles; 98.9% of the population voted in favor of the action.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Large text only broadside on faded blue newsprint. It features German text in Fraktur typeface in black ink. The type varies in size, with a few phrases underlined for emphasis. Variant of 2008.342.1.
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Reichstag
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Political campaigns--Germany--History--20th century.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany.
- Elections
- Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Propaganda, Germany--20th century.
- Elections--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Posters
- Object