One People, one Country, one Leader! Color poster with a portrait of Hitler and the Nazi slogan: Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 23.625 inches (60.008 cm) | Width: 16.875 inches (42.863 cm)
Creator(s)
- Carl Werner (Printer)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Color poster of an iconic painting of the Fuhrer, 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 was widely used on Nazi propaganda pieces and was very popular. The slogan Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer 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 reinforced the cult of Hitler and the sense of destiny that the Party claimed made him the savior of Germany and father of the German people.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Offset color lithographic poster reproduction of a portrait painting of Adolf Hitler from the waist up, angled right, with his bent left arm on the back of a chair and the back of his right wrist, with his arm bent, elbow out, placed on his waist. He wears a brown uniform jacket with a red swastika armband on the left arm, a white shirt, and a brown tie with a gold Reichsadler pin. The background is dark red. Below the image is a wide black border with a rally slogan in white Gothic German font. The poster is adhered to the back of a reproduction of a darkly shaded townscape painting by Hans Hartig.
People
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Posters--Specimens.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Pictorial works.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Iconography--Specimens.
Subjects
- National socialism--Posters--Specimens.
- Nazi propaganda--Posters--Specimens.
Genre
- Object
- Posters