Hungersnot bedeutet der Verlust der Ostprovinzen! ... Deutsche! Rettet den Osten! Freiwillige vor! / C.H. Becker. – Vintage Wall Art
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This vintage poster of Hungersnot bedeutet der Verlust der Ostprovinzen! ... Deutsche! Rettet den Osten! Freiwillige vor! / C.H. Becker. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hungersnot bedeutet der Verlust der Ostprovinzen! ... Deutsche! Rettet den Osten! Freiwillige vor! / C.H. Becker.
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The headline warns that hunger would follow the loss of Germany's eastern provinces, and it calls on Germans to "save the East" by volunteering. Printed in 1919, the poster dates from the months after the armistice, when the Allied blockade still restricted food imports and the Treaty of Versailles was being negotiated. The eastern territories at issue, including Posen and parts of West Prussia, were contested as the new Polish state took shape, and German volunteer units were recruited to defend them. The title credits the text to C.H. Becker, and the color lithograph shows how wartime poster techniques were turned to postwar political appeals.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 90 x 63 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--Economic & industrial aspects--Germany. World War 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--Germany. World War 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. Starvation--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,046 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1426_Hungersnot_bedeutet_der_1919 |
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