Bayern der Bolshewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag! – Antique Wall Art
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Bayern der Bolshewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag! in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bayern der Bolshewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag!
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The German headline, "Bayern der Bolschewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag!" ("Bavaria, the Bolshevik is on the loose! Out with him on election day!"), makes the poster's purpose plain: it was sponsored by the Bavarian People's Party to steer voters against the left. It appeared in 1919, months after the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic was proclaimed in April and then crushed by Freikorps and army units in May. Fear of revolution ran deep among conservative and Catholic voters, and the poster shows how anti-communism was used as an election tool in the early Weimar period.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 100 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Title from item. · Bayerische Volkspartei funder/sponsor.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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,993 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 187_Bayern_der_Bolshewik_ge_1919 |
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