| Item Number | Title | Description (artist, printer, publisher, condition) | Size (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER 01 | Tretet der Antibolschewistischen Liga bei/[Join the Anti-Bolshevist League] | Image of an oversized, full-length depiction of Death, dressed all in red striding over a burning town; behind him black smoke from the flames billows high into the air; Death is breking off part of a building with his right hand and carries a bomb in his left hand. In the background right, three men hang from wooden scaffolds. Krotowski Propaganda Verlag | 69 x 96 |
| GER 02 | Schützt Heimat Weib und Kind!/Meldet Euch bald zu den Waffen!/[Protect Home Wife and Child! Report soon to arms!] | Image of a soldier standing in front of his wife who is sitting and holding a baby on her lap; a young child is standing next to her Tomitzel Kunstanstalt F. Pietsch, Brewlaw, Germany Schlesische Notwehr | 88 x 56 |
| GER 03 | "Weihnachten im Felde"/1916./Für unsere türkischen Kameraden/[Christmas in the Field/1916./For our Turkish comrades.] | (text only; no images) New York State Library's edition does not include the word "Mannschaft" at bottom K.U.K. Kriegsministerium [The Imperial and Royal Minister of War (title used until 1911)] Kriegsfürsorgeamt [War Welfare Office] 1916 Box 8 | 20 x 28.5 |
| GER 04 ++ | Bolshewismus Keist | Safis Heymann u. Schmidt A-G, Berlin, Germany Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung des Bolschwewismus 1919 | 114 x 90 |
| GER 05 ++ | Bolschwewismus Bringt Krieg/[Bolshevism Brings War] | F.M. Sugelhard Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung des Bolschwewismus | 122.5 x 92.5 |
| GER 06 ++ | Arbeit der Schutzgegen/[Work: The Protector] | Siegm. V. Suchodolski Oscar Consee, Munich, Germany | 123.5 x 93 |
| GER 07 ++ | Sturm Batailion/[Storm Battalion] | Safis Wetzel & Krämer, Berlin, Germany Garde-Kauallerie-Schutzen-Division 1919 | 140 x 93.5 |
| GER 08 | Du siehst zu,/während deutsche Männer für/dich kämpfen und bluten?/Es werden noch tausende von/tüchtigen Unteroffizieren und/Mannschaften für den Ostschutz/gebraucht./[Are you looking on, while German men are fighting and losing blood for you? Thousands more hard-working non-commissioned officers and men are needed for eastern defense.] | Image is a full-length depiction of a German civilian standing on the street watching a column of soldiers march past; he wears a pinstripe suit and has his hands in his pockets. Tomitzek, Breslau Kunstanstalt & Pietsch, Brewslau, Germany Schlesische Notwehr Zentrale Breslau | 88 x 59 |
| GER 09 | Uwe Jens Lornsen/"Meine Sache ist/so klar wie die Sonne"/Stimmt für das/deutsche Vaterland/.../[Uwe Jens Lornsen/"My Cause Is As Clear As the Sun"/Vote for the German fatherland ...] | Image is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with short, curly hair and very long sideburns; below the portrait are drawings of upraised hands, with two fingers extended [V for victory?]. Eric Langren 1920 | 102 x 65 |
| GER 10 ++ | Unsere Grenzjäger/[Our Border Rifleman] | Walther Gasch Rau u. Sohn, Dresden, Germany Recruiting Office - Dresden | 107 x 78 |
| GER 11 ++ | Wer Leipzig lieb hat melde sich zum/[Who Loves Leipsig Has Announced Himself] | Werth Meissner & Buch, Leipzig, Germany Zeitfreim Regt. | 119 x 89 |
| GER 12 ++ | Raus mit Guch | Siegm. V. Suchodolski Kunstanstalt, Munich, Germany | 123.5 x 93 |
| GER 13 | Ausstellung/Deutschland/und der/Friedensvertrag/Liga zum Schutze der deutschen Kultur/[Exhibit/Germany and the Peace Treaty/League for the Protection of German Culture] | Image of a map of Germany wrapped in chains with a lock that reads "Friedensvertrag" [peace treaty] Stefan W. Bükenstein, Berlin, Germany | 70 x 93 |
| GER 14 | Freiwillige für Grenzschutz Ost/Offiziere-/Unteroffiziere-Mannschaften/schützt Eure Heimat/im Osten/die Weiterleitungsstelle befindet sich nur/Friedrichstr.112a (Heidelberger Krug)/[Volunteers for the Border Defense Force in the East. Officers, non-commissioned officers, men. Defend your country in the East. The Forwarding Office is located only at [address].] | Image is a shoulder-length depiction of a young man, holding a sword aloft in his right hand against a red sky; in the background, two men stand alongside a plough and two horses; further in the background, a line of people walk behind a covered wagon, and two buildings are on fire; the smoke and flames rise high into the sky above. H. Wigankow, Berlin, Germany | 92 x 56 |
| GER 15 | Wer schützt uns?/Kameraden der Nachrichtentruppe!/Funker - Fernsprecher - Fahrer/Helft das deutsche Vaterland vor Bolschewismus und die Ostmarken vor /den räuberischen Überfällen und den Annexionsgelüsten der Polen schützen./Ihr erhaltet: mobiles Gehalt, eine tägliche Zulage von Mark 5, - und freie/gute Verpflegung, Ausrüstung sowie Unterbringung, Entlassungsgeld usw./Ihr werdet nur innerhalb der Grenzen des deutschen Reiches verwendet. Uniform und Papiere mitbringen./Zaudert nicht, Gefahr ist gross!/Meldet Euch sofort freiwillig zum Eintritt in die/Deutsche Schutz-Division (31.J.-D.)/Werbebüro: Berlin-Charlottenburg, Hardenbergstrasse 18./[Who is defending us? Comrades of the Signal Corps! Radio operators - Telephone operators - Drivers/Help defend the German Fatherland from Bolshevism and the Eastern Marches from the marauding attacks and the annexation desires of the Poles. You will receive: field pay, a daily supplement of 5 marks, and free good board, kit and lodgings, discharge payment, etc. You will be deployed only within the frontiers of the German Reich. Bring your uniform and papers with you. Don't hang back, the danger is great! Report immediately as a volunteer entrant into the German Defense Division (31st J.-D. [Jäger Divison - Rifle Division]). Recruiting Office: Berlin-Charlottenburg [address]. | Image, in silhouette, of four distressed figures set in a war-ravaged landscape ; one figure stands looking upwards, with arms upraised, while the others kneel; in the background, there is a large, red rising/setting sun. Lotte Reiniger Nachrichtentruppe | 83 x 64 |
| GER 16 | Kamerad!/Hilf/mir!/gegen/Bolschewismus/Polengefahr und Hungersnot./Melde Dich sofort/bei der/Deutschen Schutzdivision/ .../[Comrade! Help me! Oppose Bolshevism, danger from Poland and starvation. Report immediately to the German Defense Division...] | Image is a half-length depiction of a German soldier struggling with an oversize griffin; the soldier is looking back over his left shoulder as he fights the creature F.A. Günther & Sohn, Berlin, Germany Werbebüro Berlin/[Recruiting Office] | 89.5 x 59.5 |
| GER 17 | Kamerad/komm/zum/Detachement Tüllmann!/Bekannte Bedingungen-Hauptwerbestelle: Charlottenburg-Siemensschule/(Sophie-Charlotte-Platz)/[Comrade. Join the Tüllmann Detachment! Known conditions. Main recruiting office: Charlottenburg-Siemens School (Sophie-Charlotte-Platz)] | Image is a head-and-shoulders depiction of a German Freikorps soldier, looking intently at the viewer. Wustrau Geor. Hartkopf, Berlin, Germany Detachment Tullmann 1919 | 94 x 66 |
| GER 18 | Hilf auch du/Bremen beschützen!/Tritt ein in die/Stadtwehr/[You too help protect Bremen! Join the Town Defense Force] | Image is the arm of an unseen man, during a thunderstorm, holding a large shield over the city of Bremen, including the cathedral of St. Petri H. Feldtmann Wilh[el]m Jöntzen, Bremen, Germany Bremen Stadtwehr | 98 x 66 |
| GER 19 | Zeitfreiwillige/heraus!/[Slackers Get Out!] | Image is a snarling, open-mouthed grey-helmeted German soldier with a red face A.S. Merkur Fachreklame, Berlin, Germany | 85 x 60.5 |
| GER 20 | Baÿr. Schützen-Korps/Kommandeur Oberst Epp/Ulm a.D./[Bavarian Rifle Corps. Commander Colonel Epp Ulm a.D] | Image of the head of a roaring male lion in profile K. Buch u. Steindruckerer Krl Hohn, Ulm A.D., Germany | 99 x 65 |
| GER 21 | Bayern auf/zvr Volkswehr beim/Korps Denk/...[address]/[Bavarians Get Up and Join the People's Defense in the Denk Corps. ....[address]] | Image is a full-length depiction of a man waving a large blue-and-white checkered Bavarian flag above his head Sepp. Frank Wolf u. Sohn, Munich, Germany | 98 x 69 |
| GER 22 | Zaudert nicht/Sondern/meldet Euch/bei d. Freiwilligen Division/Lettow Vorbeck/...[address]/[Don't hesitate, but enlist immediately in the Lettow Vorbeck Volunteer Division...] | (Duplicate of GER 55) Image is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a German Freikorps soldier Topke J. Sauer, Berlin, Germany Freiwilligen Division | 94 x 71 |
| GER 23 | Wir Arbeiter und B?rger/schützen unseren freien Volksstaat/gegen Bolfschewismus und Reaktion/durch Eintritt in die/Einwohnerwehr/[We workers and burgers/Protect our free people's state/against Bolshevism and reaction/by entry into the citizens' militia] | Image of a man in a suit wearing a jacket with his hand raised a stern expression; houses and a street are in the background Einwohnerwehr | 95 x 60 |
| GER 24 | Kameraden/Meldet Euch zum/Det. Küntzel/Gard. Kav. Sch. Korps/...[address information]/[Comrades/Report to the Küntzel Detachment Horse Guards Defense Corps/...] | Image is a head-and-shoulders depiction of a shouting German Freikorps soldier, surrounded by black storm clouds; behind the portrait is a line of German soldiers, several of whom raise bayonets or their left arm in the air; a regimental badge is in the sky above their heads Effveferg Ernst Janetzke, Berlin, Germany G.K.S.K. [enlistment] | 90.5 x 58.5 |
| GER 25 | Vortrag m. Lichtbild./des Kapitanleutnant/V. Mücke/Schumanntheater/... 17.Juni 1919 ... [address information]/[Lecture with lantern slides by Lieutenant von Mücke. Schumann Theatre ...] | Image of the German Imperial war ensign; below it is an image of a three-masted sailing ship in stormy waters, flying the same flag L. von Schauroth Kunstast. W?sten & Co., Frankfort am Main, Germany | 90 x 57 |
| GER 26 | Helft!/Zeitfreiwillige/der Reichswehr!/Anmeldung bei jedem Werbeposten/[Help! Volunteer Time to the Army! Registrations at Each Post] | Image of a soldier, wearing a brown short-sleeved shirt and a helmet; his back is to the viewer; he holds a giant sword with the tip pointing towards the ground R.W. Boehmer C. Wolf u. Sohn, Munich, Germany Reichswehr [recruiting] | 104 x 66 |
| GER 27 | Militär Sport/Propaganda-Fussballspiel/Königsberg I.-/O. K. Nord I./Sonntag 13.Juli 19, 5 Uhr nachm. Elisabeth-Park/[Military Sport/Propaganda soccer match/...] | Image of the impressionistic outline of two men playing soccer in t-shirts, shorts, and sneakers Beyer Bartenstein O.K. Nord | 97.5 x 73 |
| GER 28 | Nationalversammlung ist/die Morgenstunde/unsrer sozialen Republik/[The National Assembly is the dawn of our socialist republic] | Image of sixteen civilians (including workers, professionals, and women) walking in groups of four from right to left; in the background, the sun rises E. Wohlfahrt Sozialen Republik | 70.5 x98 |
| GER 29 | Fernsprecher/Funker/Blinker Fahrer/auf zum/Grenzschutz-ost!/[Text asks for radio and telephone operators, as well as drivers and men to do flash signaling work on the Eastern border] | Image of a lightning bolt in a stormy sky Oscar Gehrig | 94 x 66.5 |
| GER 30 | Anarchie ist Helfer der Reaktion und Hungersnot/[Anarchy Brings Reaction and Famine] | Image of a heroic-sized angel holding an olive branch and a scroll with the words "National ...amlung" standing in front of a mass of German soldiers and civilians; in front of the angel is an anarchist holding a knife and preparing to throw a bomb Sormackenberg December 1918 | 124 x 93 |
| GER 31 | Wer verschobenes/Heeresgut/zur Wiedererfassung/nachweist,/erhält/Belohnung/helft alle!/[Anyone providing information that helps recover missing army property will be rewarded, all help!] | Image of a large hand grasping at an automobile to such an extent that it seems to be becoming amorphous under the grip Polzin Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany Reichsschatzministeriums | 59.5 x93.5 |
| GER 32 | Heimkehrende Krieger!/Ungehörige des Gardekorps!/Baut Euch Siedlungshäuser!/ .../[Returning Warriors! Members of the Guard! Build your homes! ...] | Image of a window with a potted plant sitting on the windowsill; a birdcage hangs from the top of the window frame Gipkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 68 x 93 |
| GER 33 | Revolutions Feier/November/1919/.../[Revolution Holiday November 1919...] | Image of a heroic-sized male figure holding a red flag and a plate with the logo of the Independent Social Democratic Party; he is wearing an open white shirt, brown pants, and a red covering on his head; a long procession of small figures, some also holding red flags, winds through the poster towards the vague outline of a city landscape Dunkel U.S.P. Unashängige Sozialdemokratische Partei 1919 | 92.5 x 64 |
| GER 34 | Die Heimat ist in Gefahr!/Grosse Geldmittel für den Ostschutz sind nötig/Helft sofort! Eile tut not!/Ein Überfluten der bolschewistischen Welle über/unsere östlichen Grenzen droht von Russland her, und/im eigenen Lande regen sich bolschewistische Kräfte der/Zersetzung - Sämtliche Depositenkassen und Zweigniederlassungen der Berliner Gross-Banken sind/bereit, Beiträge unter dem/Stichwort "Osthilfe" anzunehmen/.../ [The country is in danger! Major financial resources are needed for the defense of the East. Help straight away! Speed is urgent! The Bolshevist wave threatens to flood over our eastern borders from Russia, and in our own country Bolshevist forces of sedition are stirring. All deposit banks and branches of the Berlin major banks are willing to accept contributions marked Osthilfe.] | Image of an oversized human skull, with a moustache and wearing a Russian fur hat, looming over a huddled mass of civilians who lie in front of a ruined city. N. Arnaud R. Barnick, Berlin, Germany Die Freiwillige Wirtschaftschilfe f?r den Ostschutz 1919 | 93.5 x 9 |
| GER 35 | Freiwillige vor/zum/Schutz/für/Ordnung/Freiheit/Recht!/Es werden auch/ungediente Freiwillige angenommen/Zum/Trutz/wider/Terror/und/Anarchie!/.../Landessch?tzenkorps/[Volunteers step forward! For the defense of order, freedom, right! Volunteers with no service record are also accepted. For defiance against terror and anarchy!] | Image is a full-length depiction of a German Freikorps soldier with his rifle across his back Hans Schweitzer Hauck & Hartmann, Berlin, Germany Landessch?tzenkorps 1919 | 94 x 70 |
| GER 36 | Freiwillige aller Waffen sichert Berlin/Tretet ein in die Brigade/Reinhard/.../ [Volunteers with all weapons will secure Berlin. Enlist in the Reinhard Brigade ...] | Image of a soldier, holding a sword and shield with the letter R on it, facing flames. Helmuth Stockmann Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany Brigade Reinhard | 94 x 71 |
| GER 37 | Landes-Schützen-Korps/Freiwillige vor!/Wir schützen/die jetzige Regierung!/Wir schützen die/Nationalversamm-/lung!/Wir kämpfen gegen/den Bolschewismus/u. spartakistischen/Terror! Tretet uns bei!/ .../Es warden auch ungediente Freiwillige angenaommen/[Regional Defense Corps. Volunteers step forward! We are defending the present government! We are defending the National Assembly! We are fighting against Bolshevism and Spartacist terror! Join us! ...] | Image is a face portrait of a German Freikorps soldier E.F. Nauck & Hartmann, Berlin, Germany 1919 | 71 x 94.5 |
| GER 38 | Fernsprecher Funker/auf zum/Grenzschutz Ost/Berlin-Treptow Garde Nachrichten-Bataillon/[Telephone operators, radio operators, join the Defense of the Borders in the East. Berlin-Treptow Guards Signals Battalion] | Image of a German Reichswehr radio operator running toward the viewer urgently gesturing; in the background, two radio masts are visible against the night sky N. Arnaud Selmar Bayer, Berlin, Germany Garde Nachrichten-Bataillon 1919 | 94 x 70 |
| GER 39 | F?rs Vaterland!/Freikorps/Loeschebrand/der Garde-Kav.-Schützen-Division/Annahmestelle für Freiwillige/...[address]/[For the Fatherland! Loeschebrand Volunteer Corps of the Horse Guards (Rifles) Division. Enlistment Office for Volunteers...] | Image is a half-body three-quarter depiction of a German Freikorps soldier, looking at the viewer and holding a bugle in his raised right hand Otto Sager Bun-Steglitz Grack & Aron, Berlin, Germany Annahmestelle f?r Freiwillige | 94 x 69.5 |
| GER 40 | Freiwillige vor!/Das Vaterland ist in Gefahr!/Kommt zum/Grenzschutz Ost...[address]/[Volunteers step forward! The Fatherland is in danger! Join the Defense of the Borders in the East...] | Image is a head-and-shoulders depiction, in profile, of a German Freikorps soldier blowing a bugle A.M. Cay Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany 1919 | 94.5 x 70 |
| GER 41 | Auf zum freiwilligen/Grenzschutz/.../[Join the Volunteer Border Defense Force...] | Image of a half-length depiction of a German Freikorps soldier gesturing to a Freikorps recruiting center behind him; a line of civilian men are queuing to enter the center C. Smpekoven Weyland, Berlin, Germany 1919 | 94.5 x 70.5 |
| GER 42 | Freiwillige vor!/Es gilt/den Schutz unserer/Ostgrenze!/Meldet Euch bei Euren/Bezirkskommandos!/Mobile Löhnung und 5 Mark,/freie Verpflegung u. Unterkunst./ [Volunteers Step Forward! The Defense of our Eastern Border is at stake! Report to your district commands! Mobile pay plus 5 marks, free board and lodging.] | Image is a half-length depiction of a German soldier holding a blackboard above his head; the soldier's rifle hangs around his neck, and he looks directly at the viewer A.M. Cay Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 95 x 69 |
| GER 43 | Burschen heraus/Deutschland mu? leben/und wenn wir sterben müssen/Kommst zur Einwohnerwehr/[Students to the fore. Germany must live even if we must die. Join the local militia] | Image of a fraternity student with the characteristic hat and ribbon decoration across the chest, wearing a suit and looking to his right and his right outstretched hand; behind him is an image of a man - in the distance - reaching toward him EtBauer Propaganda Stuttgart | 93 x 61.5 |
| GER 44 | Erw?rgt nicht die Junge Freiheit/durch/Unordnung/und/Brudermord/Sonst verhungern Eure Kinder/[Don't strangle young freedom through disorder and fratricide. Otherwise your children will starve] | Image is a full-length depiction of a baby protectively holding a red flag | 99 x 66.5 |
| GER 45 | Not, Elend, Hunger, Zerst?rung/bringt/der/Bolschewismus/darum haltet Euch allen/bolschewistischen/Umtrieben fern/ .../[Bolshevism brings distress, adversity, hunger and destruction ...] | Image of a family watching in distress as their farm is burned and animals confiscated; the father of the family in in the foreground is wearing a vest over a white shirt and has a bushy moustache Heymann & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Vereinigung zur Bekampfung des Bolschewismus | 62 x 45 |
| GER 46 | Freischar/Loeschebrand/der Garde Kavallerie Schützen Division/Offiziere Unteroffiziere und Mannschaten Aller Waffen/Meldet Euch ... /[Loeschebrand Volunteer Corps of the Horse Guards (Rifles) Division...] | Image is a full-length depiction of a drummer, in medieval costume, standing with legs spread and arms raised, poised to strike his drum New York State Library's edition includes writing on the bottom as well. Helmuth Stockmann Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Der Garde Kavallerie | 70.5 x 46 |
| GER 47 | Wie verhalte ich mich bei Fliegergefahr/[How should I behave in an air raid?] | Ten images, each with a caption: (1) A family looking through an open window - Fort vom Fenster!/Neugier ist Tod!/[Keep away from the window! Curiosity is fatal!]; (2) A man and woman standing by a country road, looking up at biplanes in the sky - Nie auf offener Strasse/stehen bleiben!/[Never stay standing out on the open street!]; (3) A man and woman hiding behind a closed door - Nicht hinter der Haustüre!/[Not behind the door of the house!]; (4) A family climbing down stairs by candlelight, with one child fallen at the foot of the stairs - Panik ist schlimmer als/Fliegerangriff!/[Panic is worse than an air raid!]; (5) A family grouped in the center of a bedroom, with one child looking out the window - Nie in der Mitte des/Zimmers aufhalten!/[Never stay in the middle of the room!]; (6) A woman standing against a wall between two windows - Nur einzeln hinter Pfeilern!/[Only one person behind a pillar!]; (7) A smiling man, lying in a dale - Stets Deckung suchen!/[Always seek shelter!]; (8) A man, smoking a cigar, and a woman each standing against a pillar wall forming a corner - Möglichst an starken Pfeilern!/[If possible by strong pillars!]; (9) A person sleeping in bed - Nachts kümmere Dich/um keinen Angriff!/[Don't worry about any attack at night!]; (10) A young man standing in a corner of post walls in his bedroom, part of which has been demolished - Nach richtigem Verhalten!/[If you've behaved the right way!] | 37 x 65.5 |
| GER 48 | Hauptmann Bölctes Feldberichte.../[Captain B?lctes Field Report...] | (New York State Library's edition has purple text and includes more writing on the bottom) Image of the cover of the book Hauptmann Bölctes Feldberichte. Kirchbach Rotophot AG, Berlin, Germany | 71.5 x 47 |
| GER 49 | Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte/[The Ludendorff Appeal for the War-Disabled.] | (larger version of GER 64 and GER 65) Image is a half-length depiction of an injured German soldier, standing with a crutch and holding a pair of pliers and a hammer in his right hand Ludwig Hohlwein Fritz Maison, Munich, Germany | 61.5 x 88 |
| GER 50 | Wollen Sie/Lebensmittel/aus/Amerika?/Haben Sie Angehörige oder/Freunde in den Vereinigten/Staaten?/Die können Ihnen helfen!/Die American Relief Administration hat in/Wien Lager f?die Abgebe amerikanischer Lebensmittel errichtet. .../[Do You Want Food from America? Do you have relatives or friends in the United States? They can help you!...] | Duplicate of GER 58 Image of text offset in rectangular text boxes on an American flag background describing how to obtain food from the American Relief Administration warehouses in Vienna. J. Weiner, Vienna, Austria American Relief Administration Warehouses | 95 x 56 |
| GER 51 | U-Boot Kalender/.../[Submarine Calendar...] | (Duplicate of GER 245) Image of four smaller images. In the upper left, an oversized John Bull holds a large ship and a small German man holds a small ship. In the upper right, a German man kneels to launch toy submarines into a lake, where they sink toy ships. In the lower left, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and John Bull look shocked as they read from a piece of paper which points out Britain's lack of merchant shipping. In the lower right, Lloyd George gives a speech in the House of Commons. November 1917 | 51 x 64 |
| GER 52 | Zeichne!/5% Deutsche Reichsanleihe/.../[Subscribe! Five percent German Imperial Loan securities...] | (Duplicate of GER 196) Image of a hand using a large fountain pen to enter an investment sum onto a war loan form Louis Oppenheim W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Germany Deutsche Reichsanleihe | 69 x 46 |
| GER 53 | Das Vaterland/braucht die Soldaten/Landleute bedient euch/der Jungmannenhilfe/Jungmannen helft/dem Vaterland.../[The fatherland needs soldiers. Country folk, make use of Youth Aid. Youths, help your Fatherland...] | (Duplicate of GER 214) Image of a woman watching a man and young boy engaged in conversation; several more boys, in the background, surround the figure of a kneeling woman Feldbauer Anforderungen an Kriegswirtschaftamt 1918 | 61.5 x 93.5 |
| GER 54 | Wer kauft am/Vorteilhaftesten?/.../[Who gets the best deal?...] | (Duplicate of GER 147) Image of six small simplified images - a cart horse, a truck, coal trolley, steel turning, the head of a cow, and a plough - describing how it is best to get/use war bonds Bernhard W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 70 x 46 |
| GER 55 | Zaudert nicht/Sondern/meldet Euch/bei d. Freiwilligen Division/lettow vorbeck/...[address]/[Don't hesitate, but enlist immediately in the Lettow Vorbeck Volunteer Division...] | Duplicate of GER 22 Image is a head-and-shoulders portrait of a German Freikorps soldier Topke J. Sauer, Berlin, Germany Freiwilligen Division | 94 x 71 |
| GER 56 ++ | Ein Film für Alle/[A Film for All] | H.R. Erdt Kriegsanleihe VII | 138 x 92 |
| GER 57 | Reichsverein National - Flugwehr/zu Gunsten der hinterbliebenen gefallener Flieger/[National Air Force Association to Benefit Pilots Fallen Behind Enemy Lines] | (black and white) Image of the head and shoulders of an air force D. Fenncher Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 87 x 56 |
| GER 58 | Wollen Sie/Lebensmittel/aus/Amerika?/Haben Sie Angehorige oder/Freunde in den Vereinigten/Staaten?/Die konnen ihnen helfen!.../[Do You Want Food from America? Do you have relatives or friends in the United States? They can help you!...] | Duplicate of GER 50 Image of text offset in rectangular text boxes on an American flag background describing how to obtain food from the American Relief Administration warehouses in Vienna. J. Weiner, Vienna, Austria American Relief Administration Warehouses | 95 x 56 |
| GER 59 ++ | Der Feldarzt/[The Field Physician] | Leonard Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 139 x 94 |
| GER 60 | Kriegerheim/Nachmittagsheim/für die Verwundeten/"Harmonie"...[Veterans Home/Afternoon home for the wounded/"harmonious"...] | Image of a soldier, with a moustache, resting in a wicker chair, reading a book and smoking; his broken arm is in a sling; a Red Cross is in the top right corner of the image space Hammerschlag u. Kahle Red Cross | 62.5 x 49 |
| GER 61 | Vertriebene/aus/Elsass Lothringen/Organisiert Euch im Hilfsbund/für die Elsass-Lothringer im Reich.../[Deportees from Alsace Lorraine/Organized in Hilfsbund for the Alsace Lorrainians...] | Image of four people grouped closely together and sitting amid their belongings; an old, discouraged-looking man, wearing a hat and crumpled blazer, is shaking hands with a younger man; a tall man has his hand on the old man's shoulder and is looking behind them with his arm raised to the sky; a woman is sitting and looking at the younger man who is shaking the hand of the old man; their belongings include baskets made of wicker, as well as other household goods W. Krain Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany Hilfsbund für die Elsass-Lothrineen | 71 x 48 |
| GER 62 | Gefangenen-Opfertag/28.September./Helft den Gefangenen!/[Prisoners' Flag Day. 28 September. Help the Prisoners!] | Image of a German prisoner of war sitting on the ground next to a barbed wire fence; his hand is bandaged and he is looking sadly down at his feet W. Dittrich Freiburger Werkstatten, Freiburg, Germany | 74 x 52 |
| GER 63 | 4/Bremer/Soldaten-/heime/hinter der front/[4 Bremen Soldiers' Recreation Centers behind the Front] | Image is a full-length depiction of a German soldier carrying a heavy backpack; he is looking up at a signpost that points the way to a soldier's service club in the distance, across a snow-covered landscape, with a Bremen flag flying on the roof and smoke rising from its chimney M. Koll H.M. Hauschild, Bremen, Germany | 89 x 63 |
| GER 64 | Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte/[The Ludendorff Appeal for the War-Disabled.] | (smaller version of GER 49; larger version of GER 65) Image is a half-length depiction of an injured German soldier, standing with a crutch and holding a pair of pliers and a hammer in his right hand Ludwig Hohlwein Fritz Maison, Munich, Germany | 59 x 83 |
| GER 65 | Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte/[The Ludendorff Appeal for the War-Disabled.] | (Smaller version of GER 64 and GER 49) Image is a half-length depiction of an injured German soldier, standing with a crutch and holding a pair of pliers and a hammer in his right hand Ludwig Hohlwein Fritz Maison, Munich, Germany | 29 x 44 |
| GER 66 | Helft!/Den braven Soldaten, die auf der Rückfahrt nach/der Heimat, nach schwerer Not, Berlin passieren,/muss Unterstützung werden - Überweist der/Soldatenratshilfe/Geld - die Kommandantur von Berlin schafft/damit den Bedürftigen Hilfe! Eile tut not!/.../[Help! The worthy soldiers who pass through Berlin on their journey home, after severe privation, must be given support - remit money to the Soldiers' Council Assistance - the Berlin command will use it to give assistance to the needy! Speed is essential!] | Image is a half-length depiction of a German soldier walking through rain; he carrying a large backpack and has a walking stick in his right hand Lo Weylandt, Berlin, Germany Goldaten Ratshilfe | 69 x 46.5 |
| GER 67 | Helft/den Flüchtlingen aus unseren/Grenzlanden, den Ausgewiesenen/und schwerster Gefahr Entronnenen!/Gebt alle und gebt reichlich/f?r unsere deutschen Volksgenossen, die alles im Stich lassen mussten.../[Help the refugees from our border areas, those who have been expelled and those who have escaped from extreme danger!...] | Image of a man and a young girl pulling a small cart filled with sacks and boxes past a rural setting; a woman pushes the cart from behind; all three are dressed in worn clothes; the girl is barefoot | 59 x 70.5 |
| GER 68 | Helft/den Vertriebenen/aus unseren/Grenzlanden!/Gebt alle und gebt reichlich/für unsere deutschen Volksgenossen, die alles im Stich lassen mussten!/ .../[Help the Refugees from our Border Regions. All give and give generously for our German fellow countrymen, who had to abandon everything!] | Image of a family of five German refugees leaving Alsace; the group includes a woman holding a baby, an elderly man with a walking stick, and a girl carrying a doll in traditional Alsace costume; a man at the rear glances back at Strasbourg Cathedral, silhouetted in the distance W. Krain Anton Bertinetti, Berlin, Germany | 71.5 x 61 |
| GER 69 | P G/Deutsche, vergesst uns nicht!/Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen/Kriegs und Zivilgefangenen/[(Abbreviation for) Prisoners of War. Germans, don't forget us! People's League for the Protection of German Prisoners of War and Civilian Prisoners.] | Image is a full-length depiction of a German prisoner of war facing the viewer and resting on his pick; a spade lies immediately behind him and a ruined house stands in the background Siegm. V. Suchodolski Gebrüder Reichel, Augs burg, Germany Schutze der Deutschen Kriegs - und Zivilgefangenen | 37 x 26 |
| GER 70 | Der eiserne/Georg/Krefeld/Stiftung/für/Witwen u. Waisen/Gefallener/Krefelder/Krieger/[Iron George Krefeld. Foundation for the widows and orphans of deceased Krefeld servicemen] | Image is a silhouette depiction of Saint George slaying a dragon with a lance P. Wolbrandt | 68 x 50 |
| GER GER 71 | Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte/[The Ludendorff Appeal for the War-Disabled] | Image of a German soldier with a peg leg; his right hand is on a plow; a nurse is taking his crutch from his left hand Fritz Maison, Munich, Germany | 29.5 x 42 |
| GER 72 | Krieger - Heim - Stätten/in/W?rttem-berg/.../[Servicemen's Homes in Württemberg...] | Image is a half-length depiction of German soldier wearing a Pickelhaube; he appears either to hold or stand in front of red-roofed house Ludwig Hohlwein U. Levi, Stuttgart, Germany Landesverein für Kriegerheim | 67.5 x 48.5 |
| GER 73 | Heraus/mit unseren/Gefangenen/Helft!...[Release Our Prisoners, help!] | Image of the head and hands of a solider peering through barbed wire and wearing a hat with a red band at the bottom of it; behind him stands the face of other men and children, many of whom are wearing the same hat Carl Tips Julius Jahl, Mannheim, Germany | 86.5 x 53.5 |
| GER 74 | August-/Oktober/1916/Kriegs/Ausstellung/Frankfurt A.M/Holzhausenpark/.../[August - October 1916. War Exhibition. Frankfurt on the Main, Holzhausen Park] | Image of a stylised artillery gun; a Red Cross is in the upper right of the poster Otto Linnemann Wüsten & Co., Frankfort am Main, Germany Red Cross | 88 x 56.5 |
| GER 75 | Jan Vermuellen: Der Müller aus Flandern/[Jan Vermuellen: The Miller of Flanders | H.R. Erdt Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany [not in folder] | 140 x 94 |
| GER 76 ++ | Unterhaltungsabend/[Evening of Entertainment] | Black and white Hinden----[?] Mandruck, Munich, Germany Infantry Reg. No. 2 August 1917 | 118.5 x 80.5 |
| GER 77 ++ | Unsühnbar/[Inexpiable] | (advertisement for the movie What Cannot Be Atoned For) H.R. Erdt Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 139.5 x 93 |
| GER 78 | Konzert für Hinterbliebene/der 81er/../[Concert for Bereaved Relatives of the 81st...] | Image is a half-length depiction of a German soldier with his rifle over his shoulder; most of his face is hidden by a shadow cast by his helmet L.V. Schaurath 1918 | 89 x 58 |
| GER 79 | Weltbrand/Kriegsrevue/1914/[Weltenbrand War Review 1914] | Image of a large blimp-like ship shining lights down on a burning city from a night sky Note: The corner where the artist usually signs is torn off from the poster. 1914 | 96 x 59 |
| GER 80 | Militärisch amtl. Film/Die/XIIte/Isonzo/Schlacht/Tauentzien Palast/[The 12th Isonzo Battle] | Image of what appears to be a movie advertisement which includes the vague shape of a cityscape with a yellow sky above it and yellow skull wearing a blue hat imposed on top of the vague cityscape. H.R. Erdt Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 69 x 94 |
| GER 81 | Württ-Kriegsausstelllung/Stuttgart/.../[Württ War Display ...] | Württ. Kriegsausstellung/1916 Stuttgart/Mai-September/.../[Württemberg War Exhibition 1916. Stuttgart May-September...] Image of a German Imperial eagle perched on an oversized sword driven into a hillock; at the foot of the hillock a man and a woman plough and sow; a large flame leaps from behind the sword; a factory occupies the background left; text flanked by two Red Cross symbols Cissarz M. Seeger, Stuttgart, Germany Roten Kreuz/[Red Cross] 1916 | 95.5 x 69.5 |
| GER 82 | Grosses militär Konzert/ausgeführt von der aus dem Felde beurlaubten gesamten Kapelle/des Minen-Werfer-Bataillons IV.../[Grand Military Concert. Performed by the whole band of the 4th Minethrowers' Battalion, on leave from the field,...] | Image of a German military band playing beside a huge mortar; an artilleryman stands by the barrel preparing to fire the gun. Peffer Minen - Werfer - Bataillons IV | 88 x 67 |
| GER 83 ++ | Ein Film für Alle/[A Film for Everyone] | H.R. Erdt Richard Labisch, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe VII | 137.5 x 93 |
| GER 84 | Arbeit und Kultur/in Oberschlesien/Ausstellung/in Breslau/1.-31. Oktober 1919 /.../[Work and Culture in Upper Silesia. Exhibition in Breslau 1-31 October 1919...] | Image of a number of factories, with smoke rising from their chimneys; in the background, a church and a palace are visible A.Niemann Schenkalowski, Breslau, Germany Jahrhunderthalle/[Century Hall] 1919 | 91 x 56.5 |
| GER 85 ++ | Der Kampf im Alpenrot/[The Battle in Alpenrot] | (advertisement for a movie) Theo Matejko Waldheim-Eberle Sasha Film 1917 | 124 x 93 |
| GER 86 ++ | Die englischen Tanks bei Cambrai/[The English Tanks at Cambrai] | (advertisement for a movie) Otto Troitzsch | 141.5 x 94 |
| GER 87 | Kriegsbilder Josef Engelhart/...[War Pictures by Josef Engelhart...] | Image of a stylized flames behind the text K-1 für Kriegsblinde | 24.5 x 47 |
| GER 88 | Das grosse/Filmwerk/Schwert/und Herd/von/Fritz Skowronnek/[The great film Sword and Hearth by Fritz Skowronnek] | Image is a full-length depiction of an Austrian infantryman, standing in a field, holding a scythe; a cottage is in the lower right-hand corner, with fields and a village in the background (movie advertisement) V. Santho | 61 x 46.5 |
| GER 89 | Deutsche Kriegsausstellung.../[German War exhibition...] | Image of a soldier, possibly a member of the Landwehr (a German equivalent of the Home Guard), wearing a Prussian shako-style military hat and holding a rifle with attached bayonet; he stands amid a collection of military equipment, including two hats, a large artillery gun and a drum; some of the equipment is French, presumably captured during the Franco-Prussian War Orlik Weylandt, Berlin, Germany Roten Kreuz/[Red Cross] | 71 x 94 |
| GER 90 | Feindliche Werbearbeit/und Kriegshetze/Ausstellung/...[Enemy Propaganda and Warmongering Display...] | Image of the silhouettes in red of (roughly ten) men prodding a large fire with long sticks as the fire grows and black smoke billows upward A.Kling Hartung & Co., Hamburg, Germany Gewerbemuseum 1918 | 69 x 49 |
| GER 91 | Freie K?nstlervereinigung ver!/Karikaturen/der Habsburger/und Hohenzollern/Ausstellung Leopold Löwy/.../[Caricatures of the Hapsburgs and Hohenzollers/... Leopold Löwy ...] | Image is a caricature and the poster is an advertisement for an exhibit Leopold Löwy 1919 | 63 x 47 |
| GER 92 | Grosses Militär-konzert/ausgeführt von der aus dem Felde beurlaubten gesamten Kapelle/des Minenwerfer-Bataillons IV./.../[Grand Military Concert/Performed by the whole band of the 4th Minethrowers' Battalion, on leave from the field./...] | Image, in the style of a medieval woodcut, is of three German soldiers pulling, and a fourth pushing, a mortar Minenwerfer-Bataillons IV | 44 x 56 |
| GER 93 | Ausstellung/des Flieger/Hilfs Komitees/.../[Exhibition by the Airmen's Relief Committee...] | Image of a biplane flying over the Austrian military academy in Wiener Neustadt Schonecker Hilfs Komitee 1916 | 95 x 61 |
| GER 94 | Kanin-felle/abliefern!/an Händler und Zuchtvereine/Das Heer braucht sie!/[Supply rabbit furs! To dealers and breeding associations. The Army needs them!] | Image of a white rabbit with red eyes peering over the top of the text panel Gripkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt Sammel-Zentrale Kriegs-fell | 70 x 46 |
| GER 95 | Frauendank 1914/beschafft Kriegsgetrauten/"Möbel auf Abzahlung"/[Thank the women of 1914 for creating the war home by buying "furniture on the installment plan"] | Image of a chair, a couch, and a table on a wooden floor in front of a window in a home Heinrich Meichsner 1918 | 81.5 x 60 |
| GER 96 | Juwelen- und/Goldankaufs-/woche/16.-23. Juni/[Jewelry- and gold-buying week June 16-23] | Image of a cornucopia overflowing with jewelry and gold objects Gipkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 68 x 94 |
| GER 97 | Deutschland/[Germany] | Image of two profiles in a circle. The profile closest to the viewer is of a young, unclothed woman with her hair up. Her profile extends to almost midway down the breast and her features are delicate. She appears either largely emotionless or cold and detached. The profile behind her is of a garishly unattractive man. The man is also nude and visible to about halfway down the breast. He does not appear to have any hair and his nose takes up the majority of his face which, as well as his oversized lips, seem to imply a sort of happiness that he is feeling. The man's eyes are closed, and his skin appears to be of a darker color. Under the portraits is the word 'Deutschland,' which seems to be on a plaque of sorts. Above the circle containing the images are two swastikas. One is on each side above the image. The whole image is in black and white and gives the impression of a charcoal drawing. A.H. | 85 x 62 |
| GER 98 | Deutschland wach auf,/deine Schictsalsstunde is gekommen/Deutsche Vaterlands-/Partei/...[Wake up Germany, your hour of destiny has arrived...] | Image of a church bell decorated with a depiction of a medieval knight holding a sword and cross; the names of World War I battles, and of German military heroes, are inscribed on the bell's wooden support Hofmann Lehmannische Buchdruckerei, Dresden, Germany Deutsche Vaterlands-Partei 1917 | 89.5 x 57 |
| GER 99 | Nationalratswahlen/Wählt Sozialistisch!/[Vote Socialist!] | Image of a hand waving a red flag Scherz 1919 | 123.5 x 90.5 |
| GER 100 | 1 Mai 1919/Der/Rechtsfriede/bringt/den Völkerfrühling/[May 1, 1919/Law Brings Peace to the People's Spring] | Image of a man holding an olive branch in his left hand and a large red flag in his right hand; he is standing on a grassy hill and looking happily to the right; behind him is a large sun; also behind him and to his right and left are images of people with their arms reaching out for each other through the distance Freyberg Dinse & Eckert May 1919 | 99 x 68.5 |
| GER 101 ++ | Seebäderdienst | Firle Meissner & Buch, Leipzig, Germany Deutsche Luft-Reederei/[German Air Freight] | 148.5 x 45 |
| GER 102 | Bismarck = Feier/Dienstag, 8. April 1919, abends 7 uhr, Saal des Deutschen Garten:/Bismarcks Geist in und nach dem Weltkriege/...[Bismarck = Celebration/April 8, 1919 at 7 o'clock, Hall of the German Garden/Bismarck's spirit during and after the World War...] | Image is a profile, from the shoulders up, of Bismarck Robert Grounberg Görgitzer, Nachrichten, und Anzeiger Deutschnationaler Volksverein Görlitz 1919 | 98 x 65 |
| GER 103 | Deutsches Volk!/Willst du diesem/Schicksal entrinnen,/so wähle/national -/demokratisch!/[German People! Will you escape this fate, so decide National Democratic Party of Germany!] | Image of a priest leading a procession of a man pulling a cart with a coffin on it with another man following M.H. National-Demokratische! 1919 | 89 x 65.5 |
| GER 104 | Freiheit/Friede/Arbeit/Wählt die/Deutsche Volkspartei in Bayern/(Deutsche Demokratische Partei)/[Freedom Peace Work/Vote for the German People's Party in Bavaria ...] | Image is a full-length depiction of a farmer sowing seeds from a large bag hanging from his right shoulder; the sun shines brightly in the background, sending out rays across the sky O. Consee Zietara, Munich, Germany Deutsche Volkspartei | 94 x 70 |
| GER 105 | Christliches Volk!/Darf Spartakus/deine Kirchen Niederreissen?/Gib Antwort am Wahltag!/Bayerische Volkspartei/[Christian people! Will you allow Spartakus to tear down your churches? Answer on election day! Bavarian People's Party....]a huge figure in a Roman helmet tearing down the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche. Text: Christian people! Will you allow Spartakus to tear down your churches? Answer on election day! Bavarian People's Party.huge figure in a Roman helmet tearing down the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche. Text: Christian people! Will you allow Spartakus to tear down your churches? Answer on election day! Bavarian People's Party.huge figure in a Roman helmet tearing down the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche. Text: Christian people! Will you allow Spartakus to tear down your churches? Answer on election day! Bavarian People's Party. | Image of a huge, muscular, nude figure in a Roman helmet tearing down the towers of Munich's Frauenkirche; in the background is a blue-and-white checkered pattern representing the Bavarian flag Bayerische Volkspartei | 99 x 72 |
| GER 106 | Der Wahlsturm fegt durch's Land!/Bayrisch-Weissblau/Gegen Russisch-Rot/Bayerische Volkspartei/[The election storm is sweeping the land! Bavarian blue and white against Russian red! Bavarian People's Party] | Image of a man in red running from a deluge of blue and white checkered pieces of paper (representing the Bavarian flag) marked Bayerische Volkspartei Anstalt, Munich, Germany Bayerische Volkspartei | 99 x 74 |
| GER 107 | Was will/Spartakus?/[What Does Spartacus Want?] | Image is a full-length depiction of a young man, wielding a sword in his raised hands, preparing to attack a six-headed serpent; two of the heads have already fallen; three of the four remaining heads are labeled Neuer Militarismus, Kapitalismus, and Junkertum K.P.D. (Spartakusbund) [Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands] Berlin | 96 x 71 |
| GER 108 | Moloch Kapitalismus/Bekämrst ihn!/Vereint/Euch gegen ihn/in der U.S.P./[Juggernaut capitalism. Resist Them! Unite against him in the U.S.P.] | Image of a giant octopus-esque creature reaching into various parts of a factory; the arms of the octopus read, from left to right, "Profit," "Gier" [greed], "Wucher" [daylight robbery], "Profit"; the octopus has a face with a large mouth with sharp, triangular teeth and a percent sign on his forehead U.S.P. | 84 x 62 |
| GER 109 | Melden Sie sich/sofort/bei der deutschen/demokratischen Partei/[Apply straight away to the German Democratic Party.] | Image is a full-length caricature of a German soldier wearing a Pickelhaube helmet and a large sword; he has a pencil behind his ear, is reading from a notebook, and pointing to the poster's title A.Bagel, Düsseldorf, Germany | 110.5 x 83.5 |
| GER 110 | Wählt/die/Liste/treu/[Elect the faithful] | Image of a hand holding a red ballot card above the red silhouette of a large urn, set against a background of factories with smoking chimneys (New York State Library's edition does not include the words here that are at center right lower half and, instead, includes the words "die Liste treu") C. Schmidt E. Nister, Nuremburg, Germany Mehrheitspartei 1919 | 114 x 83.5 |
| GER 111 | Ich wähle/deutsch/nationale/Volkspartei/[I Vote for the German National People's Party] | Image of a hand with the thumb pressing a red-white-and-blue pleated ribbon button C. Egler Otto Troitzsch, Berlin, Germany Deutsch Nationale Volkspartei | 70 x 49.5 |
| GER 112 | Helft Alle!/Wer verschobenes Heeresgut zur/Wiedererfassung nachweist, erhält Belohnung./ .../[All Help! Anyone providing information that helps recover missing army property will be rewarded./...] | Image of a hand grasping the throat of a dragon sitting on a collection of army supplies; a second hand is grabbing some of the supplies C. Wolfram Kiesslich Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany Reichsschatzminister/UMS 1919 | 72 x 46 |
| GER 113 | Hinein in die/K.P.D.!/(Spartakusbund)/[Join the K.P.D. (German Communist Party)!] | Image is a half-length depiction, in profile, of Karl Liebknecht pointing to the right while addressing a crowd of workers Kommillions druck der K.P.D. | 61.5 x 47.5 |
| GER 114 | Mädchen u. Frauen/heraus/aus der/Finsternis!/Entscheidet/Euch/für die/National/Versammlung/f?r/Freiheit des Einzelnen/und Ordnung der Gesamtheit/in einer/Freien sozialistischen Republick/[Girls and women emerge from the dark! Decide in favor of the National Assembly...] | Image is a full-length depiction of a woman waving a red flag above her head; the woman is wearing a red scarf and a white blouse with red, vertical stripes, and a black skirt with a white apron over it Kainer Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany Sozialistischen Republik 1919 | 71 x 46.5 |
| GER 115 | Bleibe treu mein Vaterland!/"Los von Dänemark!"/.../700 Jahre/.../Darum wanke nicht stehe fest bleibe treu mein Vaterland./[Keep Faithful My Fatherland! "Free Denmark!"...700 years...Therefore waver not and stand firmly faithful and true to my fatherland.] | (text only; no images) Aug. Westphalen Flensburg | 51 x 30 |
| GER 116 | Deutsch/Deutsch/Deutsch/[German German German] | (text only; no images) Holtz February 1920 | 60 x 39 |
| GER 117 | I tusind Aar har vi været Slesvigere/Vi vil vedblive at være Slesvigere/derfor stemmer vi/tysk./[For a thousand years we have been Slesvigers. We will continue to be Slesvigers therefore voting German.] | Image of an older man with his left hand across his chest and his right arm raised to the sky and a stern, powerful, obstinate look on his face; he is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, a black vest, and he has a beard; behind him is a largely indiscriminate crowd of people wearing suits and ties and doing the same arm/hand gesture; in the background is a body of water and grass Note that the poster is in Danish. Slesvig is the Danish spelling of Schlesvig A. Eckener Aug. Westphalen, lith. Inst. Flensborg | 78 x 55 |
| GER 118 | An die Berliner!/Berlin soll nicht zur Ruhe kommen!/.../Damit diese Hetzer ihren Hunger nach Macht befriedigen können, sollte die unschuldige Bevölkerung/Berlins dem/Elend und Untergang/.../Berliner, wisst Ihr, was das heist?/.../Berlin muss wieder zur Ruhe kommen!/.../[On Berlin! Berlin Shall Not Get Any Peace! In order for these agitators to satisfy their hunger for power, the innocent people of Berlin will have misery and downfall....Berlin, you know what that means?...Berlin has come to rest again!] | (text only; no images) Technischen Nothilfe | 94 x 69 |
| GER 119 | Der polnische Wolf/begehrt eure Heimat!/Duldet das nicht1/[The Polish wolf covets your country! Don't tolerate it!] | Image of a white wolf positioned against an illustration of the border between Germany and Poland; the wolf is on the Polish side of the border; small industrial towns and a railway are on the German side E. Leo Stahl Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany | 62.5 x 47 |
| GER 120 | Wer Du auch bist/ob/Arbeiter, Bürger, Bauer, Soldat:/Frau oder Mann/Sozialist oder Demokrat/ohne/Nationalversammlung/hörst Du auf ein Deutscher/zu sein. Nur die/Nationalversammlung/schützt das Deutsche Reich vor/dem Zusammenbruch/[Whoever you are, whether a worker, citizen, farmer, soldier, woman or man, socialist or democrat, without a National Assembly you will cease to be a German. Only the National Assembly protects the German Reich from collapse.] | (text only; no images) Safis Nationalversammlung 1919 | 69 x 50 |
| GER 121 | Bauer hilf, die Städte hungern!/Die Töpfe drunten/voll von Goldgewicht-/Zieh' Deinen Pflug und/ackre sie an's Licht!/[Farmer, help, the towns are going hungry! The pots below are full of the weight of gold. Pull your plough and dig them to the light!] | Image is a full-length depiction of a farmer ploughing a field; in the background, the sun rises over a village W. Jaeckel Goethe | 70 x 94 |
| GER 122 | Vereinigte Lotterie/der Hülfsgesellschaft in Menzingen/Motto: Im Dienste der Nächstenliebe/[United Lottery, Hülfsgesellschaft at Menzingen /Motto: In the Service of Charity] | (black and white) Image of mostly text in an ornate border resembling the carving one sometimes sees around furniture edges/legs; slightly above center is a relatively small image of soldiers in a field and abstract-looking figures that questionably represent the heads of state of different countries in the background catching money from the sky. | 70 x 49.5 |
| GER 123 | Hans Hellers/Höllenfahrt/von/Otto von Gottberg/[Hans Heller's Journey in Hell by Otto von Gottberg] | Image, in silhouette, of a German soldier peering into the flames of Hell; his hand is raised and held in a grasping posture (advertisement for a book) Box 8 | 34.5 x 23.5 |
| GER 124 | Flensburg/14.März/1920/[Flensburg, March 14, 1920] | Image of Flensburg Gatea brown building with a roof that goes in square steps and windows with white checkered panes over them; behind the building is the flag of what is now Schlesvig-Holstein Holtz | 65.5 x 45 |
| GER 125 | Soll Schleswig/wirklich zerrissenwerden!/Sind wir nicht seit ?ber/1000 Jahren/ein Volk von Br?dern?/Besinnt Euch doch!/[Schleswig Really Torn Apart! ...] | Image of a torn yellow shield with blue walking lions on it on top of black shading Jon Holtz | 38x 29 |
| GER 126 | Die besten Bücher/über/unsere/Luftwaffe/...[The Best Books about Our Air Force...] | Advertisement for books M.J. Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany | 47 x 26.5 |
| GER 127 | Weltkriegs Geschichten/[History of the World War] | Image of a grey airship flying through a swirling sky with a raucous seascape below (advertisement for a book) Ludwig Berwald 1915 Box 8 | 30 x 23 |
| GER 128 | In/Berlin/gibt es/wenig Essen,/keine Arbeit./darum/kein Verdienst/u. schlechte Stim-/mung!/draussen/gibt es/gutes, reichliches/Essen u. Arbeit./darum/guter Verdienst/u. gute Stim-/mung!/Wendet euch an den/nächsten/Arbeitsnachweis!/[In Berlin there is little to eat, no work. Therefore, no earnings and a bad atmosphere! Outside, there is good plentiful food and work. Therefore, good earnings and a good atmosphere! Apply to the nearest Employment Agency!] | Image on the left is a full-length depiction of a German infantryman, standing with his hands in his pockets in the rain, against the backdrop of the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin; image on the right is a full-length depiction of a smiling infantryman, wearing a civilian cap, carrying a loaf of bread in his right arm and holding up a bundle of bank notes in his left hand, against the backdrop of a country town Joe Loe Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany 1918 | 47 x 33 |
| GER 129 | Kameraden/Achtung!/Störungen des/Verkehrs/bringen/Hungersnot!/[Comrades beware! Transport disruptions lead to starvation!] | Image is a three-quarter length depiction of a German sailor, with his arms raised and holding a red flag in each hand | 44.5 x 35 |
| GER 130 | Verlag August ... Berlin/Seine Hoheit der Kohlentrimmer .../[... His Highness the Coal Trimmer ...] | Image is the side profile from the shoulders up of a coal miner (advertisement for a book) Gipkens Nauch & Hartmann, Berlin, Germany | 47 x 35 |
| GER 131 | Verlag August ... Berlin/Z 181 gegen Bukarest/... [... Z 181 Against Bucharest ...] | Image is an airship flying through a bright light that is being beamed from the ground; the landscape features silhouettes of large buildings and is topped by low-hanging clouds (adverstisement for a book) Dinse Eckert & Co., Berlin, Germany | 47 x 34.5 |
| GER 132 | Ein Segelboot/über den/indischen ozean.../.../Letzte Fahrt/[A sailboat in the Indian Ocean....Final Journey] | Image of an ocean with massive waves and a silhouette of a sailboat. (advertisement for a book: Letzte Fahrt [Final Journey] Dinse Eckert & Co. | 34.5 x 46 |
| GER 133 | Graf Dohna's Moewebuch | Image of a large, white seagull flying over a grey, stormy sea; in the background, in silhouette, is a sinking ship against the sunset (advertisement for a book) Gipkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 70 x 47 |
| GER 134 | Messias/Ein Spiel vom Menschentum/in 3 Aufzügen von Max Schilling/Spielleitung: Karl Kaufmann/[Messias/A play of humanity in three acts by Max Schilling, Producer Karl Kaufmann] | Image of a man with his arms outstretched to the sky being lifted by a woman and children as they walk up a staircase; other people, mostly older, with canes and walkers, are also walking up the staircase (advertisement for a book) E.T. Bauer Propaganda Stuttg., Stuttgart, Germany . 5 | 83 x 61 |
| GER 135 ++ | Paulchen "Paul Heidemonn" Millionen Kuss | (advertisement for a play or movie) H.R. Erdt Dinse, Eckert & Co., Berlin, Germany | 135 x 93 |
| GER 136 ++ | Arbeiter lest Die Freiheit/[A Worker Reads Die Freiheit] | (advertisement for a newspaper) Karl Holtz | 143.5 x 94.5 |
| GER 137 ++ | Vorwärts/[Forward] | (advertisement for a newspaper) | 142.5 x 92 |
| GER 138 | Ein Weihnachtshoffen/zittert durch die Welt./.../Weihnachts-/Spende/für die Kinder der Erwerbslosen/von Hamburg-Altona/.../[A Christmas Hope shivers through the world. Christmas donation for children of unemployed persons of Hamburg - Alton] | Image of a mother and her child huddled together under a blanket; in the background is a big pine tree, in silhouette; snow is falling | 48.5 x 39.5 |
| GER 139 | Lest die Freie Zeitung/erscheint jeden Abend[Read the Free Newspaper ...] | Image is a full-length depiction of a French and a German soldier shaking hands; the French soldier is gesturing with his left hand and the German soldier is holding his helmet in his left hand (advertisement for a newspaper) H. Becker Nauck & Hartmann, Berlin, Germany | 72 x 47 |
| GER 140 | Das Neueste!/[The News!] | Image of a newsboy holding up a newspaper (advertisement for a newspaper) Buhe Wilnaer Zeitung Box 8 | 34 x 23 |
| GER 141 | Die Wochenschrift/"Der Volksstaat"/will zu allen sprechen./[The Weekly Publication "The People's State" wants to address everyone.] | Image is a half-length depiction of a man standing behind a lectern, with his left arm raised; a crowd of people pass by him on the street below, some of whom are reading newspapers (advertisement for a newspaper) (black and white) H. Werthner Fritz Schneller & Co., Nurenburg, Germany | 59 x 44.5 |
| GER 142 | Frankfurter/Weihnachts-/spende 1918/.../[Frankfurt's Christmas Collection 1918 ...] | Image of two German Stahlhelm (steel helmets) flanking three lit candles in a fir tree, silhouetted against a purple sky L. von Schauroth Konstanstalt Wüsten u. Co., Frankfurt am Main, Germany | 89 x 59 |
| GER 143 | Bis zum/letzten Hauch/.../[Until the Last Breath...] | Image of an eagle perched on a flagpole with a German flag Bernhard Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 86.5 x 57 |
| GER 144 | Volksspende/für die deutschen/Kriegs- und Zivil-/gefangenen/[People's fund for German war and civil prisoners] | Image of a man wearing an open army jacket showing suspenders holding up his pants; he is gripping the bars of a prison cell; a large red heart is in the background Ludwig Hohlwein Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 86 x 58 |
| GER 145 | Gold gab ich zur Wehr/Eisen nahm zur Ehr/Bringt euren Goldshmuck den Goldankaufsstellen!/[I gave gold for defense. I took iron for honor. Bring your gold jewelry to the gold purchasing centers!] | Image, in silhouette, of a kneeling woman facing right; she is wearing a long dress, is holding a jewelry case under her arm and is offering a gold medallion in her outstretched left hand Gipkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 69.5 x 94 |
| GER 146 ++ | Das Gold dem Vaterland!/(Gold to the Fatherland!) | Bernhard Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 137.5 x 89 |
| GER 147 | Wer kauft am/Vorteilhaftesten?.../[Who gets the best deal?...] | (Duplicate of GER 54) Six small simplified images: (1) a cart horse, (2) a truck, (3) a coal trolley, (4) steel turning, (5) the head of a cow and (6) a plough, illustrating how best to get/use war bonds Bernhard W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 70 x 46 |
| GER 148 | Rette die Abstimmungsgebiete!/Gib Deine/Grenz-Spende!/.../[Save the plebiscite regions. Give your boundary donation. ...] | Image of a rainbow, bearing the title, rising above three figures kneeling behind a low fence; the central female figure has her arms raised towards the rainbow; a small village occupies the background left Holstein Werbedienst, Berlin, Germany Deutscher Schutzbund | 46 x 68 |
| GER 149 | Wer Kriegsanleihn zeichnet,/macht mir die schönsten/Geburtstagsgeschenke!/Von Hindenburg/[He who buys a war bond gives me the prettiest birthday gift! Von Hindenburg] | [Text is a quote written in Von Hindenburg's own hand. (WWIPropaganda.com)] Image of the face of Paul Von Hindenburg in almost a pointillism style in shades of brown and black. Louis Oppenheim Kunstanstalt Weylandt, Berlin, Germany | 69 x 46 |
| GER 150 | Spende für deutsche/Soldatenheime .../Aufruf/zur Spende/für die deutschen/Soldatenheime und Marineheime/ .../[Give to the German Soldiers' Home/ Appeal for contributions to the German soldiers' homes and sailors' homes ...] | Image of, on the left half of the poster (the "Spende für deutsche Soldatenheim" half), two German soldiers sitting at a table; one is smoking a pipe; the other is receiving a bowl of food from a woman in a white apron; above their heads, a caged bird sings. Image of, on the right half of the poster (the "Aufruf zur Spende für die deutschen Soldatenheime und Marineheime" half), Paul Von Hindenburg from the shoulders up. J. Sauer, Berlin, Germany Frau Generalfeldmarschall Von Hindenburg | 45 x 64 |
| GER 151 | Landwirte! Bauern!/Pferde Fahrzeuge Geschirre.../[Landowners! Farmers! Horses, vehicles, tackle...] | Image consists of nineteen two-tone images of the equipment and produce of agriculture and industry Inscription Kunstanstalt Weylandt, Berlin, Germany | 68 x 46 |
| GER 152 | Gemeinnützige/Brockensammlung/Kauft Altmaterial aller art gegen bar/.../[Charitable chunks collection. Buys scrap of all kinds for cash] | Image of a man at the top of a very large ladder emptying salvage into a large chute that leads to a city Strohmeyer Prägerwerk, Lubeck, Germany | 77 x 54.5 |
| GER 153 | Hamburgische/Juwelen - und Gold -/Ankaufswoche/.../[Hamburg Jewelry and Gold Purchase Week...] | Image of a cornucopia, filled to the brim with gold and coins A.Kling Hartung & Co., Hamburg, Germany 1918 Box 8 | 28 x 18.5 |
| GER 154 | Aluminium/Kupfer Messing/Nickel Zinn/is genug im Lande!/Gebt es heraus/das Heer braucht es!/[Aluminum Copper Brass Nickel Tin...] | (larger version of GER 155) Image of a blacksmith holding a bag of household items made of metal and surrounded by household items made of metal Louis Oppenheim Kunstanstalt Weylandt, Berlin, Germany | 69.5 x 93 |
| GER 155 | Aluminium/Kupfer Messing/Nickel Zinn/.../[Aluminum Copper Brass Nickel Tin...] | (Smaller version of GER 154) Image of a blacksmith holding a bag of household items made of metal and surrounded by household items made of metal Louis Oppenheim Kunstanstalt Weylandt, Berlin, Germany | 47 x 71 |
| GER 156 | Annahme/von Kriegsanleihe/an Zahlungs Statt!/.../[Adoption of war bonds in lieu of payment!...] | Six small simplified images: (1) a cart horse, (2) a truck, (3) a coal trolley, (4) steel turning, (5) the head of a cow and (6) a plough, illustrating how best to get/use war bonds Bernhard Wilhelm Greve, Berlin, Germany Box 8 | 31.5 x 22.5 |
| GER 157 | Zahle bargeldlos/durch Überweisung/von Konto/zu Konto/Jede Überweisung,/jeder Scheck/verringert den/Notenumlauf/und stärkt die deut-/sche Geldwirtschaft/Also: Lege Dir ein Konto an bei einer Bank, Sparkasse, Genossenschaftskasse, Gemeindegirokasse oder/der Post, zahle dort alles nicht benötigte Bargeld ein - Du schaffst Dir selbst den grössten Vorteil/[Pay without cash. By remittance from account to account. Every remittance, every cheque reduces banknote circulation and strengthens the German monetary economy. Therefore: open an account with your bank, savings bank, cooperative bank, community giro bank or the post office, pay in all the unneeded cash - you yourself will benefit to the utmost.] | Image of two bank forms connected by a curved arrow, representing the transfer of money from one bank account to another Kunstanstalt Weylandt, Berlin, Germany | 70 x 93 |
| GER 158 | Gebt für die U-Boot-Spende/[Give to the U-boat collection.] | Image of the conning tower of a surfaced U-Boat, with five crew members on board; a German naval ensign flies from the tower Willy Stöwer Pass & Garleb, Berlin, Germany 1917 | 65 x 47 |
| GER 159 | Gegen Krankheit und Not/Gebt der/L?becker Wohlfahrtsspende/[Against Disease and Want...] | Image of a man dressed all in black on a horse; the horse is standing on his hind legs and has an aggressive look on his face; the man on the horse has a long sword which he is using to slay a dragon that has a long tongue stuck out Strohmeyer Lübecker Wohlfahrtsspende | 96 x 65 |
| GER 160 ++ | Vergesst uns nicht/[Don't Forget Us] | Nic & Karl Sauer Opferwoche Essen 1919 | 125 x 87 |
| GER 161 | Deutsche Frauenhaar-Sammlung vom Roten Kreuz, Gitz Magdeburg/[Collection of German Women's Hair] | Image of a young woman wearing a black sleeveless dress with a red belt; she is combing her long, blonde hair New York State Library's edition does not include the block of text shown at center. Ploutka A.Wohlfeld, Magdeburg, Germany Red Cross | 73 x 48.5 |
| GER 162 | Ausgekämmtes Frauenhaar,/ein wichtiger Kriegsrohstoff!/.../[Combed-out women's hair, an important war raw material!] | Image of a comb, with long strands of hair caught in it; image of the Red Cross emblem Louis Wöhner A.Wohlfeld,Magdeburg, Germany Roten Kreuz/[Red Cross] | 83 x 54 |
| GER 163 | Frauen und Mädchen!/Sammelt Frauenhaar!/.../[Women and girls! Collect women's hair!] | Image is a three-quarter length depiction of a woman, with very long, black hair, looking directly at the viewer; her arms are extended out to the sides, and she holds some of her hair in each hand; behind her is a large Red Cross emblem Jupp Wiertz A.Wohlfeld, Magdeburg, Germany Red Cross | 46.5 x 71.5 |
| GER 164 | Deutsche Volksspende/zum Ankauf von Lesestoff/für Heer und Flotte /Wir brauchen B?cher/Spendet Geld!/[German Popular Appeal for the Purchase of Reading Material for the Army and Navy. We need books. Give money!] | Image of German soldiers reading books in a trench Max Antlers Dinse, Eckert & Co., Berlin, Germany | 93.5 x 67.5 |
| GER 165 | Bremer/Buch Woche/20.-26.Mai 1917/[Bremen Book Week May 20-26, 2017] | Image is a full length depiction of a knight wearing a suit of armor and standing on an oversized book; he holds his sword vertically in front of him, pointing to the ground; behind him is the Red Cross emblem M.Koll Red Cross 1917 | 86 x 63.5 |
| GER 166 | Sammelt/Obstkerne/fur Ölgewinnung/Nächste Sammelstelle:/[Collect fruit stones to extract oil/Nearest collection center: ...] | Image is a full-length depiction of two cartoon characters, whose bodies are made from fruit stones, walking from right to left; each is wearing a straw boater Gipkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsausschutz für Öle und Fette | 57 x 43 |
| GER 167 | Sammelt Kartoffelschalen/.../[Collect potato peelings...] | Image of a bright yellow Z-shaped slash on a black background Carl Strohmeyer Dragerwerk, Lübeck, Germany | 38 x 55 |
| GER 168 | Arbeiter/Burschen, Frauen, Mädchen/arbeitet kurze Zeit/aus dem Lande!/Ihr erhaltet ausser gutem/Lohn und Verpflegung/für Euren Winterbedarf /[Workers/Lads, women, girls/Work for a short time on the countryside! You will receive on top of good wages and food, for your winter needs...] | Image of a small pile of potatoes and a sugar loaf Bernhard Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 68.5 x 94.5 |
| GER 169 | Kohle bringt Korn/Ohne Kohle/die Not!/Kohle ist Brot/[Coal brings wheat. Without coal, hardship! Coal Is Bread] | Image of an ear of wheat and a lump of coal Carl Lange, Verlag, Duisberg, Germany | 61 x 49 |
| GER 170 | Sammelt Obstkerne!/[Collect fruit pits!] | Image of a full-length depiction of a girl holding a pole across her right shoulder; two baskets, filled with fruit pits, are suspended from either end of the pole; the contents of the left basket are spilling to the ground Gipkens Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 57.5 x 43 |
| GER 171 | Kohle ist Brot/[Coal Is Bread] | (text only; no images) Carl Lange, Verlag, Duisberg, Germany | 43 x 61 |
| GER 172 | Wir/wollen/leben/Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe/[We Want to Live. Subscribe to the war loan.] | Image of the head and shoulders of a bearded man with a clenched fist, depicted in the style of a woodcut; a cityscape of Stuttgart and a mother and child form the background K. Sigrift Propaganda Stuttgart, Germany | 94 x 59 |
| GER 173 | Wenn du/in Zivil/bist/Brauchst du einen/spargroschen/darum zeichne/Kriegsanleihe!/[When You Are in Civvies (Mufti)/You need a way to save, get a war bond!] | Image of a roundish-looking gentleman wearing green pants, a black coat with a long tail, black shoes, and a black derby; he is holding a pink cane and smoking a green cigarette/cigar J. Lunkebain Art. Flg. Schule Kriegsanleihe/[War Loan] | 83 x 52.5 |
| GER 174 ++ | Die beste Sparkasse:/[The Best Savings Bank:] | (larger version of GER 175) Louis Oppenheim Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe/[War Loan] | 139 x 93 |
| GER 175 | Die beste Sparkasse:/Kriegsanleihe!/[The Best Savings Bank: The War Loan!] | [Smaller version of GER 174) Image of a soldier's helmet filling with bank notes that are being dropped from above Louis Oppenheim Weylandt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe/[War Loan] Box 8 | 34 x 23 |
| GER 176 ++ | Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe/[Subscribe to the War Loan] | K. Sigrift Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe/[War Loan] | 138 x 92 |
| GER 177 ++ | Soll und Haben/[Duty and Possessions (?)] | H.R. Erdt Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany 1917 | 140 x 94 |
| GER 178 ++ | Ich klinge Krieg | Otto Lietz Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany 8 Kriegsanleihe [8th War Loan] | 140 x 94 |
| GER 179 ++ | Und eure Pflicht?/Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe/[And Your Duty? Subscribe [to the] War Loan] | (larger version of GER 180) Horrmeyer Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe [War Loan] 1918 | 139 x 92 |
| GER 180 | Und eure Pflicht?/Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe/[And Your Duty? Subscribe to theWar Loan] | (Smaller version of GER 179) Image of soldier with a bloody bandage covering his left eye; he is looking straight at the viewer Horrmeyer W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe [War Loan] 1918 Box 8 | 32.5 x 22 |
| GER 181 | Harret aus!/ "Zeichnet die Neunte!"/[Hold out! "Subscribe to the ninth!"] | Image is a full-length depiction of a German infantryman, standing on a wall, calling out with his hand raised to his mouth; the war-torn landscape in which the soldier stands features the Eiffel Tower on the lower left T. Walch Ch. Seitz, Mannheim, Germany 9th War Loan | 99 x 68.5 |
| GER 182 ++ | Zeichne die Kriegsanleihe!/[Subscribe to the War Loan] | (black and white) Bernhard Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, German 1917 | 137 x 91 |
| GER 183 ++ | Der 9te Pfeil/[The Ninth Arrow] | (larger version of GER 184 and GER 185) Fritz Erler Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 139 x 93 |
| GER 184 | Der 9 Pfeil/Zeichnet/Kriegsanleihe/[The ninth arrow draws war loans] | (smaller version of GER 183; larger version of GER 185) Image of a man, surrounded by flames, straddling a rock and aiming a bow and arrow Fritz Erler Niedersedlitz, Dresden, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 57 x 43 |
| GER 185 | Der 9 Pfeil/zeichnet/Kriegsanleihe/[The ninth arrow draws war loans] | (Smaller version of GER 184 and GER 185) Image of a man, surrounded by flames, straddling a rock and aiming a bow and arrow Fritz Erler Fritz Maison, Munich, Germany Kriegsanleihe Box 8 | 33 x 22 |
| GER 186 ++ | Helft den Hütern eures Glückes/[Help the Guardians of Your Happiness] | (larger version of GER 187 and GER 188) W. Georgi Kriegsanleihe 1918 | 141 x 93.5 |
| GER 187 | Kriegs/anleihe/helft den Hütern eures Glückes/[War loans help the guardians of your happiness] | (Smaller version of GER 186 and GER 188] Image of a man holding a sword with his other arm around his wife and baby. W. Georgi Kriegsanleihe 1918 Box 8 | 33 x 23 |
| GER 188 | Kriegsanleihe, helft den Hütern eures Glückes/[War loans help the guardians of your happiness] | (smaller version of GER 186; larger version of GER 187) Image of a man holding a sword with his other arm around his wife and baby. W. Georgi Selmar Bayer, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe 1918 | 70 x 46 |
| GER 189 ++ | Für einen guten Frieden/[For a Good Peace] | Dettmann Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 133 x 84 |
| GER 190 ++ | Für einen guten Frieden/[For a Good Peace] | Dettmann Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 116.5 x 85.5 |
| GER 191 ++ | Helft uns siegen!/[Help Us Win!] | (larger version of GER 192 and GER 193] [Fritz] Erler Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 137 x 92.5 |
| GER 192 | Helft uns siegen!/Zeichnet/die/Kriegsanleihe/[Help Us Win! Subscribe to the war loan] | (smaller version of GER 191; larger version of GER 193) Image of a German soldier, with gas mask hanging from his neck, gazing into the distance. Fritz Erler Eckstein & Stähle, Stuttgart, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 57 x 43 |
| GER 193 | Helft uns siegen!/Zeichnet/die/kriegsanleihe/[Help Us Win! Subscribe to the war loan] | [Smaller version of GER 191 and GER 192] Image of a German soldier, with gas mask hanging from his neck, gazing into the distance Fritz Erler Eckstein & Stähle, Stuttgart, Germany Kriegsanleihe Box 8 | 33.5 x 22.5 |
| GER 194 | Ich gehe hinaus an die Front!/Hast du die/6. Kriegsanleihe/schon gezeichnet?/[I Go Out There to the Front! Have you subscribed to the 6th war loan yet?] | Image of a German soldier with his rifle over his shoulder looking and pointing at the viewer. M. Koll Kriegsanleihe | 113.5 x 66.5 |
| GER 195 | Zeichnet die Neunte!/Es geht um/Alles was wir/lieben!/[Subscribe to the Ninth! All we love is at stake!] | Image of a quarter-length depiction of a mother and child in the style of a medieval woodcut; a German soldier is standing in the background left overlooking a town on the right Bernhard O. Consee, Munich, Germany Kriegsanleihe 1918 | 71 x 47 |
| GER 196 | Zeichne!/5% Deutsche Reichsanleihe/.../[Subscribe! Five percent German Imperial Loan securities...] | (Duplicate of GER 52) Image of a hand using a large fountain pen to enter an investment sum onto a war loan form Louis Oppenheim W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Germany Deutsche Reichsanleihe | 69 x 46 |
| GER 197 | Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe/Die Zeit ist hart, aber/der Sieg ist sicher/[Subscribe to the war loan. Times are difficult but victory is certain.] | Image is a profile of Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 69 x 43.5 |
| GER 198 | Einen Grundstein/für/deiner Familie/und/deines Volkes/Zukunft/legst du/mit einer/ Kriegsanleihe/"Versicherung"/.../[You are laying a foundation stone for the future of your family and your people with a War Loan 'Insurance'...] | Image is a three-quarter length depiction of a bearded civilian man holding a hammer above a block of stone W.P.I. U. Levi, Stuttgart, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 62 x 48 |
| GER 199 | Wer/die 7. Kriegsanleihe/zeichnet/bahnt/den/Weg/zum/Frieden/[Those who subscribe to the 7th War Loan clear the way to peace! Lithography Studio Wilhelm Jöntzen, Bremen.] | Image of a German labourer hacking at thorns with a sickle A.W. Wurthmann Wilhelm Jöntzen, Bremen, Germany 7te Kriegsanleihe | 85 x 67 |
| GER 200 | Wie eine Bombe/muss das Ergebnis der 8 Kriegs-/anleihe dei Pläne des Feindes/vernichten! - Darum zeichchnet/Kriegsanleihe/[The result of the Eighth War Loan must destroy the enemy's plans like a bomb! So subscribe to the War Loan.] | Image of a golden bomb falling on and crushing Italian, French, Japanese, American and British flags Uzarski A.Bagel, Düsseldorf, Germany Kriegsanleihe 1918 | 100 x 66.5 |
| GER 201 | Vaterland/Familie Zukunft/.../8 Kriegsanleihe/[Fatherland Family Future...] | Image of a full-length depiction of a German soldier carrying an infant; behind him stand two partially obscured female figures Walter Ditz 8te Kriegsanleihe | 64 x 49.5 |
| GER 202 | Für die/Kriegsanleihe!/[For the War Loan!] | Image of a smiling cherub, wearing a ribbon in the German Imperial colours around its waist, holding an inverted Stahlhelm [steel helmet] filled with coins Plontken W. Hagelberg, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 57 x 43 |
| GER 203 | Gold gab ich zur Wehr/Eisen nahm zur ehr/bringt euren/goldshmuck/den goldankufs-/stellen!/[I gave gold for defense. I took iron for honor. Bring your gold jewelry to the gold purchasing centers!] | Image, in silhouette, of a kneeling woman facing right; she is wearing a long dress, is holding a jewelry case under her arm and is offering a gold medallion in her outstretched left hand (smaller version of GER 145; used to enhance a postcard) Box 8 | 8.5 x 13.5 |
| GER 204 | Vier Wochen/neunte Kriegsanleihe-/vier Schicksalswochen/des Vaterlands!/Deutscher!/Erkenne das Gebot/der Stunde:Zeichne die Neunte/Deutschland zur Wahr--/dem Feind zur Lehr'!/[Four fateful weeks to subsribe to the the 9th war loan...Germany will persevere--the enemy will be taught a lesson!] | (text only; no images) Bernhard Hermann Schött | 69.5 x 46 |
| GER 205 | Und Ihr?/Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe/[And You? Support war loans] | (larger version of GER 206) Image of a wounded German pilot standing in the cockpit of an airplane. Fritz Erler Eckstein & Stahl, Stuttgart, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 57.5 x 42 |
| GER 206 | Und Ihr?/[And You? Support war loans] | [Smaller version of GER 205] Image of a wounded German pilot standing in the cockpit of an airplane. Fritz Erler Eckstein & Stahl, Stuttgart, Germany Kriegsanleihe Box 8 | 34 x 22.5 |
| GER 207 | Das/goldene Bremer Herz/bewährt bei 53 haussam-/lungen, b?rgt f?r den Erfolg/der letzten!/Der 9. März ist der letzte/Sammelsonntag./[The Golden Bremen Heart... Last Sunday for collecting donations is March 9.] | Image of a golden heart and a key (presumably to the city of Bremen Cobet Wilhelm Jöntzen, Bremen, Germany 1919 | 44 x 34 |
| GER 208 | Helft!/Zeichnet die Neunte!/[Help! Subscribe to the ninth!] | Image of a man with a large hammer and a soldering iron working on the number nine. Fritz Bode Gerstung, Offenbach, Germany Ninth War Loan | 62 x 45 |
| GER 209 | Der Letzte Hieb/ist die/8. Kriegsanleihe/[The Eighth War Loan is the Final Blow] | Image of an idealized soldier swinging a large sword Paul Neuman Fritz Schneller, Nuremburg, Germany Eighth War Loan | 57.5 x 44 |
| GER 210 | So hilft dein Geld Dir kämpfen!/In U-Boote verwandelt, halt es Dir feindliche/Granaten vom Leib! Darum:/zeichne Kriegsanleihe!/[Your money helps the fighting! Transformed into submarines... Draw war bonds!] | Image of the ghost of a sailor with his arm around a soldier; the sailor is pointing to a sinking submarine. Bernhard Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 42.5 x 28.5 |
| GER 211 | Und wenn die Welt/voll Teufel wär...../es soll uns doch gelingen!/Komeraden,/zeiche Kriegsanleihe!/[And if the world is filled with devils.....we are to succeed! Comrade, subscribe to the war loan!] | Devilish-looking creatures Bernhard Weylandt, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 46 x 69 |
| GER 212 | Das/ist der Weg zum Frieden/Die Feinde wollen es so!/Darum zeichne/Kriegsanleihe!/[This is the Way to Peace. That is How our Enemies Want it! Therefore draw war bonds!] | Image of a clenched, ironclad fist. Bernhard Otto Troitzsch, Berlin, Germany Kriegsanleihe | 84.5 x 57 |
| GER 213 ++ | Soll diesesElend weitergehen?/[Should This Misery Continue] | Kirchbach Rotophot, Berlin, Germany | 142 x 93.5 |
| GER 214 | Das Vaterland/braucht die Soldaten/Landleute bedient euch/der Jungmannenhilfe/Jungmannen helft/dem Vaterland.../[The fatherland needs soldiers. Country folk, make use of Youth Aid. Youths, help your Fatherland...] | (Duplicate of GER 53) Image is a half-length depiction of a woman watching a man and adolescent boy engaged in conversation; several more boys are in the background, surrounding the figure of a kneeling woman Feldbauer Anforderungen an Kriegswirtschaftamt 1918 | 61.5 x 93.5 |
| GER 215 | Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe!/Für einen guten Frieden!/[Subscribe to the War Loan! For a good peace!] | Image of two German soldiers, depicted in profile; the nearer solider has removed his helmet Dettmann Hollerbaum und Schmidt Berlin N. 65 | 115 x 83 |
| GER 216 | Was England will!/.../[What England Wants!...] | Image of a swarm of British planes bombing a factory Egon Tschirth Selmar Bayer, Berlin, Germany 1918 | 97 x 65 |
| GER 217 | So löh es aus in deutschen Landen/Köm' der Franzose an den Rhein/...[This is how it would look in Germany if the French crossed the Rhein] | Image of cannons firing; destruction in the background Egon Tschirch Selmar Bayer, Berlin, Germany 1918 | 92 x 65.5 |
| GER 218 | Was wir verlieren sollen!/.../[What We Shall Lose!] | Image is a picture graph of what Germany will lose if Silesia becomes part of Poland: land mass, population, coal production, grain and potato production, steel production, all colonies and the merchant marine. Louis Oppenheim Dinse & Eckert, Berlin, Germany | 70 x 95 |
| GER 219 | Der ist schuld,/Wenn ihr noch kämpfen/und bluten mü?t/Wenn ihr noch entbehren/mü?t/Wenn ihr Kohle und Licht/sparen mü?t/Wenn ihr Lebensmittelkarten/und Bezugsscheine braucht/Wenn Ihr Eurer friedlichen/Arbeit noch nicht nachge-/hen könnt!/Der Hauptfeind ist/England!/Darum/Bleibt einig!/Bleibt stark!/Damit verbürgt Ihr/Deytscgkabds/Sieg!/[He is to blame, when you have to struggle and bleed, when you have to do without, when you must save light and coal, when you need ration-books, when you cannot return to your peacetime work. The arch enemy is England! So, remain united! Remain strong! And you will assure Germany's victory!] | Image is a smug-looking caricature of a man looking over his shoulder; a pitbull, standing between his legs, is looking at the viewer Leonard Selle & Co., Berlin, Germany | 72 x 57 |
| GER 220 | Es wird das Jahr stark u. scharf/hergehn - Aber man muss die Ohren/steif halten u. Jeder, der Ehre u./Liebe für das Vaterland hat/muss alles daran setzen./Friedrich der Grosse - 1757/[The year will be taxing and bitter - but we have to keep our chins up and everyone who honours and loves the Fatherland has to stake everything on it. Frederick the Great - 1757] | Image is a three-quarter-length depiction of Frederick the Great, facing the viewer; behind him is a white cloud A.M. Cay Hermann Bergmann, Berlin, Germany 1918 | 74.5 x 50 |
| GER 221 ++ | Unerreichbar den Feinden bleibt unser schöner Rhein/[Our Beautiful Rhein Will Remain Out of Enemy Reach] | [Von Hindenburg] H.R. Erdt Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 139 x 92.5 |
| GER 222 | Die Raubzüge Frankreichs/Deutschland der Tummelplatz der "friedliebenden" Franzosen/...[France's Robbery Series] | Image is a map of Europe illustrating French military campaigns in Germany, under Louis XIV, during the Seven Years War and under Napoleon Otto Troitzsch, Berlin, Germany | 77 x 75 |
| GER 223 ++ | Mackensens Siegeszug durch Rumänien/[Mackensen's Victory Tour through Romania] | H.R. Erdt Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 138 x 91.5 |
| GER 224 | Alles fürs Vaterland!/Alles für die Freiheit!/ .../[Everything for the Fatherland! Everything for freedom!] | Image of a German soldier with rifle in one hand and the other hand raised, with two fingers in the "V" sign; in background are a factory and a town Römmler & Jonas, Dresden, Germany | 75 x 49.5 |
| GER 225 | An euch in der Heimat/[poem follows]/ Schafft rastlos Granaten!/An euch an der Front/[poem follows]/Wir schaffen Granaten!/[To You at Home/To You at the Front] | Two images: (1) A battle, in which artillery shells are being passed between pairs of hands; two soldiers, one of whom carries a bayonet, are partially visible in the background (2) A munitions worker and the hands of another unseen worker, holding artillery shells; they prepare to pass them on to another worker, who is also already holding a shell; a factory is visible in the background [Poem about the] Front: Otto Riebicke [Poem about] Heimat: Friedrich Balzert Tschirch Imberg & Leffon, Printer, Berlin, Germany | 55 x 68 |
| GER 226 | Deutschland und seine Feinde am Ende des dritten Kriegsjahres/1 Kilo Brot kostet .../1 Kilo Zucker kostet .../1 Kilo Kartofflen .../Dis Schiffsverluste der Entende: ... Steigen der Frachtrate in England .../Menschenverluste der Entente .../Die feindlichen Verluste .../Von Deutschland besetztes feindl. Gebiet .../[Germany and Her Enemies at the End of the Third Year of War] | Eleven images comparing the relative military and economic strengths of the major nations involved in the war. The first three images are of bread, sugar and potatoes, marked with price tags, illustrating price differences between various countries. The fourth and fifth images are of silhouettes of merchant ships and warships, illustrating the number of ships sunk. The sixth image is a bar chart showing the rise of freight costs in England. The seventh image is of a large crowd of Entente prisoners. The eighth image is of a soldier being carried on a stretcher, illustrating the number of dead or wounded Entente soldiers. The ninth image is of a large howitzer and a small artillery gun, illustrating the large number of artillery guns and machine guns captured by the Germans, compared to the small number of artillery guns possessed by the American army at the start of the war. The tenth image is of a crashed British biplane, illustrating the number of Entente aircraft shot down. The eleventh image is of a German soldier standing on a map, illustrating the amount of land occupied by the Germans, and of an Entente soldier standing on a much smaller area, illustrating the amount of land gained by the Entente.. | 61 x 47 |
| GER 227 | Freiheit der Meere/ .../[Freedom of the Seas] | Image of a map of the world, with Great Britain depicted as an abstract octopus whose tentacles reach out over the world to grab colonies | 43.5 x 55.5 |
| GER 228 | "Wir/Barbaren!"Analphabeten .../Ausgaben f?r Schulwesen .../B?cher-Erzeugung .../Wissenschaftliche Nobelpreise 1901-15 ...["Us Barbarians!"] | Image is a series of contrastingly sized diagrams used to illustrate the differences between German, British and French society. The first is a depiction of the heads of three infantrymen. The second is the heads of three civillian males. The third is of three stacks of books. The fourth is of three invalids. The fifth is of three laurel wreaths. The lower images are portraits of German historical figures, including Dürer, Beethoven, Kant, Bismarck, Gutenberg, von Humboldt and Goethe Louis Oppenheim Similar images and text as GER 229; different layout Selle & Co., Berlin, Germany | 64 x 49 |
| GER 229 | Sind wir die Barbaren?/... Analphabeten .../Ausgaben f?r Schulwesen ... .../B?cher Erzeugugung .../Nobelreise ... Patente ... [Are We the Barbarians?] | Image is a series of contrastingly sized diagrams used to illustrate the differences between German, British and French society. The first is of three invalids. The second is a depiction of the heads of three infantrymen. The third is the heads of three civillian males. The fourth is of three stacks of books. The fifth is of three laurel wreaths. The sixth is of three stacks of money Similar images and text as GER 228; different layout L.O. Selle & Co., Berlin, Germany | 64 x 49 |
| GER 230 | Wer ist Sieger?/ .../[Who Is the Victor?] | Image of, on the left, a German soldier standing behind a large shape representing the land mass controlled by the Central Powers; on the right a British soldier with his foot on a tiny piece representing the land mass held by the Entente. In the center, under the title "Who is the Victor?" is a chart showing how much territory the Central Powers gained between May 1915 to June 1917 and how, in the same period, the Entente lost territory. L.O. Selle & Co., Berlin, Germany | 49 x 64 |
| GER 231 | Jede Viertelstunde ein solcher Güterzug!/.../[Every Fifteen Minutes Such a Goods Train!...] | Five images: (1) A long cargo train falling from a partially demolished bridge; (2) A map of Europe, outlining the route from Berlin to Constantinople; (3) Two artillery guns, one contemporary and one from cs.1870; (4) A series of contrastingly sized German and Allied biplanes; (5) A large ship | 57.5 x 49.5 |
| GER 232 | Der erste Monat/deutsche Westoffensive!/127000 Gefangene/1600 Gesch?tze/ca. 200 Tanks/Viele 1000/Maschinengewehre/Ungeheure/Mengen an/Munition u./zahlreiche/Flugzeuge/Geländegewinn/4100 Kilometer/[The First Month of the German Western Offensive...] | Image of, in upper portion, the portraits of a large group of Allied soldiers. The central images depict artillery guns and a tank. The lower image is a map of territory gained in northern France and Belgium L.O. Selle & Co., Berlin, Germany | 64 x 49 |
| GER 233 | Wer ist Militarist?/.../[Who is a Militarist?...] | Image is a full-length depiction of a British, a German and a French soldier, each standing in front of warships of their own nation's navy. The men and the ships are different sizes to represent their nation's different amounts of military spending. The smaller images are of artillery guns, again sized to represent different levels of military spending by the two alliances Hermann Bergmann, Berlin, Germany | 45 x 60 |
| GER 234 | Deutschland Schicksal/in einem/Zukünstigen Kriege,/wenn/Belgien/die Basis englischer Luftangriffe ist!/.../[Germany's fate in a future war, if Belgium becomes a base for English air attacks!] | Image of the main image is a map of Belgium and western Germany, illustrating German industrial areas.The upper images are depictions of French Nieuport biplanes. The lower image is a depiction of a German industrial works which has been heavily bombed and is now ablaze Hermann Bergmann, Berlin, Germany | 79.5 x 60 |
| GER 235 | Wie unsere Ostafrikaner/Munition erhielten/Blockade-brecher/[As our East Africans received ammunication. Blockade Buster] | Image of a ship, in silhouette, at sea; three warships, visible on the horizon, are firing shells at the ship, one of which has caused an expolsion on the deck; two other shells fall into the sea. A.Rother Dinse, Ecker & Co., Berlin, Germany | 43.5 x 27 |
| GER 236 | Die brennende Wunde Frankreichs/.../[The Burning Wounds of France...] | Image is a map of northern France as a blood-red conflageration. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, Germany | 64 x 48 |
| GER 237 | Englands Not/[England's Torment] | Image is a map of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and North Seas, marked to show the sinking of Entente ships by German submarines Admiralstab der Marine 1917 | 98 x 64 |
| GER 238 | Darf Belgien/Englands Aufmarschgebiet werden?/.../[Can Belgium be Allowed to Become England's Deployment Area?] | Image is a map of northern Germany, Belgium, Holla | |
| GER 239 | Sachsen, schützt die Heimat!/An allen Grenzen/drohen Feinde/.../[Saxony protects the homeland!...] | Image of a soldier, holding a rifle with a bayonet attached, looking to the right; he is superimposed on top of a black map with a few cities labeled and the trejactories of different troops | 39 x 29 |
| GER 240 | U-Bootswirkung/im Mittlemeer/.../[U-Boat Operation in the Mediterranean Sea] | Image is a map of southern Europe and northern Africa Admiralstab der Marine | 64 x 84.5 |
| GER 241 | Wer ist schuld am Weltkrieg?/Und wer verlängert ihn noch heute? .../[Who Is Responsible for the World War? And who made it extend this long?] | Images of political and military leaders and a brief description of the following countries: England, France, Russia, Italy and America. Leaders portrayed: Grey, Churchill, Edward VII, Asquith, Lloyd George, Northcliffe, Delcassé, Poincaré, Sukhomlinov, Iswolski, Hartwig, Victor Emmanuel III, Salandra, Bissolati, Roosevelt, Gerard, and Wilson Bernhard Selmar Baner, Berlin, Germany | 79 x 50 |
| GER 242 | Der Weg zum Frieden! .../[The Way to Peace!] | Image of nine maps depicting campaigns dating from August 1914 to spring 1918 Von Sartor Hermann Bergmann, Berlin, Germany 1918 | 113 x 80 |
| GER 243 | Garde-Kav. (Schützen) Division/Wer rettet/das Vaterland?/Das ist Lützow's/wilde, verwegene Jagd/Deutsche Männer! Soldaten/Aller Waffen!/Auf in unsere Reihen!/Freikorps Lützow/.../[Who Will Save the Fatherland?...] | Image is a shoulder-length depiction of Freiherr Adolf von Lützow, a Prussian officer of the Napoleonic era, looking intently at the viewer; he is holding a sword in each of his hands Tripekoven Kunsanstalt Weylandt, Berlin, Germany Freikorps Lützow 1919 | 89 x 58 |
| GER 244 | Kameraden Aller Waffen meldet Euch beim Detachement/"Oven"/Charlottenburg Kurfürstendamm 193/94/[Comrades from all braches of services, enlist in the "Oven" Detachment] | Image of a pair of hands, holding drumsticks, playing a snaredrum; a German eagle is perched on the edge of the drum E. John S. Malz, Berlin, Germany | 71 x 94.5 |
| GER 245 | U-Boot Kalender/...[Submarine Calendar...] | (Duplicate of GER 51) Four images: (1) An oversized John Bull holding a large ship and a small German man holding a small ship, illustrating the greater size of the British merchant fleet; (2) A German man kneeling to launch toy submarines into a lake, where they sink toy ships, illustrating the German submarines success against Entente shipping; (3) British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and John Bull looking shocked as they read from a piece of paper which points out Britain's lack of merchant shipping; (4) Lloyd George giving a speech in the House of Commons (November 1917) | 51 x 64 |
| GER 246 ++ | Der magische Gürtel/[The Magical Belt] | H.R. Erdt Otto Troitzsch, Berlin, Germany | 138 x 90 |
| GER 247 | Die Fahrt der Deutschland/von/Paul König/ ...[The Journeys of "Deutschland"] | Image of a boat, in silhouette, in the sea (advertisement for a book by Paul Rönig). (New York State Library's copy has coloring that varies slightly) | 40.5 x 20 |
| GER 248 | Der "U"-Boot Krieg/ Die durchschnittliche Monats-leistung im 1. Halbjahr 1918/... Neubau ... Versenkung ...[The "U"-Boat War. Average monthly performance in the first 6 months of 1918] | Image of a seascape in which a German U-Boat, flying the German war ensign, is just visible above the waves; several of her crew are crowding on the viewing platform to watch a ship sinking in the distance; a smaller image is of a set of scales, weighing a pair of barrels L.O. 1918 Selle & Co., Berlin, Germany | 49 x 64 |
| GER 249 | So sprechen/unsere bisherigen Feinde./...[Statements of our previous enemies...] | (black-and-white) (text only; no images) Hans Ohlfsen, Flensburg, Germany 1920 Box 8 | 31 x 23.5 |
| GER 250 | So/sprechen unsere/bisherigen/Feinde./...[Statements of our previous enemies...] | (black-and-white) (text only; no images; similar to but not the same the same as GER 249) Box 8 | 23 x 15 |
| GER 251 | Preissteigerung/und Arbeitslohn/in Dänemark./...[Inflation and wages in Denmark...] | (black-and-white) (text only; no images) Hans Ohlfsen, Flensburg, Germany 1920 Box 8 | 28 x 22 |
| GER 252 | Die dänische Landwirtschaft/ist überflügelt/Der englische Markt für Dänemark geschlossen/ ... [Danish Farming Is Surpassed] | (black-and-white) (text only; no images) Hans Ohlfsen, Flensburg, Germany 1920 | 34.5 x 25 |
| GER 253 | An das deutsche Volk!/[To the German People!] | Image is a three-quarter-length depiction of Germania wearing armor and holding a sword; an eagle is about to land next to her; in the background, a crowd of German workers and families is gathered Franz Stassen 1917 | 45 x 31 |
| GER 254 | Die Abzutretenden Abstimmungsgebiete/weiterhin/zur Wiedergutmadhung verpflichtet!/.../[The ceded plebiscite areas continue to make good obligation!...] | (black-and-white) (text only; no images) Hans Ohlfsen, Flensburg, Germany 1920 Box 8 | 16.5 x 24 |
| GER 255 | Abstimmungsgebiet in Schleswig/[Plebiscite in Schleswig] | Image is a map of the Schleswig plebiscite 1919 | 49 x 49 |
| GER 256 | Wiedergutmachung von Unrecht?/"Wiedergutmachung von Unrech/ist die grundlegende Bedingung/für einen dauernden Frieden."/Lloyd George am 5. 1. 18. .../[Compensation for injustice? 'Compensation for injustice is the fundamental condition for a lasting peace.' Lloyd George on 5/1/18...] | Image is a map of Europe, Africa and Asia, with British, American, French and Italian territories indicated with different colors Hermann Bergmann, Berlin, Germany 1918 | 46 x 62 |
| GER 257 | Kriegsziele der Entente nach den/Geheimverträgen .../[War objectives of the Entente according to the secret treaties.] | Image of four maps illustrating various parts of Europe or the Middle East. The countries are colour coded to indicate the territories of France, Russia, Romania, Italy and Britain A.Wohlfeld, Magdeburg, Germany | 98.5 x 64 |
| GER 258 | "C666"/Das neue Fliegerbuch/.../["C666": The New Aviation Book...] | Image of an airplane, in silhouette, flying (advertisement for a book) Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germany | 69 x 46 |
| GER 259 | Ostpr. Freiwilligenkorps/Bei den Werbestellen Annahme/von Freiwilligen für/Kraftwagen Flakformationen!/[Volunteer Corps accepting volunteers...] | Image is a cartoon-like drawing of men in an army vehicle in uniform F. von Zig Adolph Wilutzky, Konigsburg, Germany | 49 x 46 |
| GER 260 ++ | Wer sucht Arbeit?/[Who Wants Work?] | Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin, Germandy | 137 x 94 |
| GER 261 | Durch Arbeit zum Sieg!/Durch Sieg zum/Frieden!/[Through work to victory! Through victory to peace!] | Image of a German infantryman and a munitions worker shaking hands beside a lathe turning an artillery shell A.Wohlfeld, Magdeburg, Germany | 94.5 x 63 |
| GER 262 | Arbeit/in/Stadt und Land!/Der eine sät die Saaten/Und bindet Garben, schwer,/Der andre dreht Granaten/Und waffnet unser Heer./So geht's durch harte Zeiten/Zum Friedenserntefest,/Wenn keiner von den beiden/Die Hand vom Werke lässt. [Work in town and country!/[One man works hard sowing the seeds and tying up sheaves, the other turns shells and arms our army. Thus things go through hard times to the harvest festival of peace, if neither of the two takes his hand off the wheel.] | Three images: (1) An agricultural worker in a cornfield, sharpening his scythe; (2) A munitions worker in a factory, holding a large artillery shell; (3) The breech-end of an artillery piece Hanns Anker Meisenbach Riffarth & Co., Berlin, Germany 1918 70.a | 5 x 46.5 |