1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: 1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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1918 Opfertag / Walter Ditz.
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Walter Ditz's color lithograph *1918 Opfertag* takes its title from the German word for a day of sacrifice, a theme that ties it directly to the war dead. Printed in Munich by Dr. C. Wolf und Sohn, this 124 by 90 centimeter poster is catalogued under commemoration of World War I and under monuments and memorials, the public rituals through which Germany honored its fallen. By 1918, casualty lists were long and the home front was under strain, and posters like this one asked civilians to direct their attention and support toward soldiers who had died and the families they left behind.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 55 x 40 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--Commemoration--Germany. Monuments & memorials--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,057 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1210_1918_Opfertag_Walter_1918 |
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