Heraus mit unsern Gefangenen! Tretet alle dem Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kriegs- u. Zivilgefangenen bei! / Kathe Kollwitz. – Historic Print
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Heraus mit unsern Gefangenen! Tretet alle dem Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kriegs- u. Zivilgefangenen bei! / Kathe Kollwitz.
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Heraus mit unsern Gefangenen!" ("Bring our prisoners home!") is the call that opens this 1919 color lithograph by Käthe Kollwitz, made for the Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kriegs- und Zivilgefangenen, an organization working for German soldiers and civilians still held abroad after the armistice. Many prisoners of war remained in French, British and other Allied custody well into 1919 and 1920, and their families at home pressed for their release. Kollwitz had lost her younger son, Peter, in 1914, and her graphic work from these years is often read as a response to war's human cost. The poster's plea for a collective campaign shows how the postwar fight over prisoners became a public cause.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 71 x 95 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. World War 1914-1918--Prisoners--German. Prisoners of war--German--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,038 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1414_Heraus_mit_unsern_Gefan_1919 |
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