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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Germany (made)

List of regulations printed in German and Dutch for safe operations during a blackout.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Materials and techniques	Paper Ink
Brief description	"Verordung über Verdunkelung" text only World War II Third Reich poster in German and Dutch. n.d.
Physical description	List of regulations printed in German and Dutch for safe operations during a blackout.
Marks and inscriptions	(translated from the German) Translation Regualtions regarding blackouts 1. Starting now, blackouts will be employed from sunset to sunrise. 2. All buildings must be darkened in such a way that no light can be seen from the outside. 3. All outside lighting must be covered in such a way that, viewing from 500m above, vertically and diagonally, no light can be seen. All superfluous lighting must be turned off. Lighted advertising and shop window lighting must be turned off. 4. In all transport vehicles (automobiles, railways, street cars, ships, etc.) inner lighting must be concealed totally. Vehicle headlights should be covered in such a way that light can only emit from a 5-8 cm long and 1.5 cm high cutout. On country roads, vehicles shoudl drive with covered headlights and long-distance lights. With oncoming traffic or in towns, headlights should be used only for close distance lighting. Tail and braking lights are to be covered. Blinkers are to be used as usual. Parking vehicles should be marked by covered lighting in front and back. 5. Turning off of public electricity and gas supplies, with reference to blackouts, is forbidden. 6. Violation of regulations 1 through 5 will be severely prosecuted. The commander-in-chief of the military.
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted	War Propaganda National Socialism Regulations World War II
Places depicted	Germany Netherlands
Other number	LS.578 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.611-2004

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Record created	February 17, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109392/poster-unknown/

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