We - the Have-Nots! Nazi propaganda poster predicting victory by the deserving German have-nots over the greedy British haves
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 33.125 inches (84.138 cm) | Width: 47.250 inches (120.015 cm)
Creator(s)
- Reichspropagandaleitung der N.S.D.A.P. (Issuer)
- Zentralverlag der NSDAP (Publisher)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995.
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
Nazi propaganda poster, Wir - die Habenichtse!,[We the Have-Nots!] issued on January 13, 1941, for the Parole der Woche (Slogan of the Week] series. The text only poster explains how Britain has stolen by force most of the habitable land on earth. This is because their greedy leaders let the workers live in slums and garbage. But the German people need not worry because they, the have-nots, would win because they are fighting for their bread and will break the spines of these bloodsuckers. Parole der Woche was produced by the Nazi Party in Germany from 1936-1943. It was discontinued in 1943 because of paper shortages caused by the prolonged war.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Large offset lithographic text poster with a graphic design in black, white, offwhite, and green in landscape orientation. The German text is in black ink, with the title across the top in stylized font. The background is green except for a large offwhite square on the left side. Inside the square are statistics and 2 graphic representations using small male figures on a large and a small green square to represent the amount of land by kilometers. The right side is a long paragrpah of single spaced text in bold, medium size font. There is a narrow white border around the poster. There is a circular red Parole der Woche seal on the lower left. There are two labels adhered to the reverse: one has publishing information identifying it as a Parole Der Woche; the other is a book advertisement.
front, handwritten, black ink : 14.I.13.1.1.1941# 3 reverse, paper label, black ink : Ausgabe A / Die Parole Der Woche / Parteiamtliche Wandzeitung der NSDAP. / Folge 3 13. Januar 1941. / Bezugspreis monatlich RM. - .80 / Erscheint wöchentlich einmal / [?]anbort München [Edition A / Slogan of the Week / Party broadsheet of the NSDAP / Subscription price per month RM. - .80 / Published once weekly / [?] Munich reverse, red label, preprinted, black ink : Werner Siebrath / Hitler's Wollen / Leinen RM. 4.20 [Werner Siebrath / Hitler's Will / Cloth RM 6.50 reverse, pencil : [?] 145
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
- Central Publishing house of the Nazi Party
- Reichspropagandaleitung der N.S.D.A.P.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda, German.
- Nazi Propaganda
- World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion--Germany.
- Nazi propaganda--Posters.
- Parole der Woche.
- Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion--Great Britain.
- National socialism--Posters.
Genre
- Object
- Posters
- Posters.