Bayerische Volkspartei. Christliches Volk! Darf Spartakus deine Kirchen niederreissen? Gib Antwort am Wahltag! – 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: Bayerische Volkspartei. Christliches Volk! Darf Spartakus deine Kirchen niederreissen? Gib Antwort am Wahltag!, 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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Bayerische Volkspartei. Christliches Volk! Darf Spartakus deine Kirchen niederreissen? Gib Antwort am Wahltag!
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The poster's German text asks Christian voters whether Spartacus, a reference to the radical Spartacist left, will tear down their churches, and urges them to "answer on election day." The Bavarian People's Party, a Catholic conservative party, issued it in 1919, a year when Munich had seen revolutionary upheaval, including a short-lived council republic, and when the defeat in the war still shaped daily life. The poster ties the party's cause to religion and property, playing on fears of communism that were widespread among Catholic and rural voters in Bavaria.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 100 x 75 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--Bavaria. Anti-Communism--Germany--Bavaria--1910-1920. Political elections--Germany--Bavaria--1910-1920. Destruction of property--Germany--Bavaria--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,863 × 6,106 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 185_Bayerische_Volkspartei_1919 |
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