10th Anniversary of the Liberation of Hitler's Buchenwald Camp Poster for the 10th Anniversary of the Liberation of Buchenwald
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 23.250 inches (59.055 cm) | Width: 33.000 inches (83.82 cm)
Creator(s)
- Federation Internationale des Resistantes (Publisher)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by an Anonymous donor.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Scope and Content
"10'eme Anniversaire de la Liberation des camps hitleriens / BUCHENWALD..."; black and white images from 1945 and 1954 of the camp and black text describing Nazi horrors on white ground. Printed and distributed by Leroy Andre of Vienna for the International Federation of Resistors.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Black and white poster commemorating the liberation of German concentration camps. At the top center, black text is against a white background which is surrounded by 10 captioned photographs in 3 rows. The top row has 2 photos, from left; an emaciated male prisoner stands in front of others lying in their bunks and a crematory with a long chimney and a group of people walking beside it. The middle row shows a photograph of a diorama depicting prisoners working in the camp among several tents, a barred and chain linked gate with a sign in German reading: JEDEM DAS SEINE [each his own], the entrance to the camp, and a procession of people lead by a man with a large horizontally stripped flag at the 1954 Ceremony of remembrance. The bottom row shows a dead man in his striped uniform lying among other corpses, a lampshade made from human skin featuring a tattoo of a winged female, a decapitated mummified head with a description card and the widow’s procession at the Ceremony of Remembrance. On the bottom right is the logo for FIR (International Federation of Resistance Fighters), an inverted cone with FIR on the surface and a fire burning from the base. White paper with text has been adhered to 3 of the captions, coving the print that was there. There is a small hole in the center and small vertical tears on the bottom edge. The top edge has a vertical tear on the left and the bottom edge has several small creases.
Genre
- Object
- Posters