Die Heimat ist in Gefahr! / V. Arnaud. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Die Heimat ist in Gefahr! / V. Arnaud., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Die Heimat ist in Gefahr! / V. Arnaud.
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Its title, *Die Heimat ist in Gefahr!* ("The Homeland Is in Danger!"), and its skull and death imagery make the poster's message blunt. It appeared in 1919, when Germany was reeling from its 1918 defeat and the collapse of the empire. Communist uprisings, including the Spartacist revolt in Berlin that January and the Bavarian Soviet Republic that spring, led many on the right to cast the left as a threat to the nation. Posters like this one, from the Rehse collection of German political material, show how anticommunist and nationalist appeals reached the street in that unsettled period.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 94 x 69 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. Anti-communism--Germany--1910-1920. Death--Germany--1910-1920. Skulls--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,024 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 193_Die_Heimat_ist_in_Gefah_1919 |
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