Who Saves Prussia from its Doom?
Poster
1919 (made)
1919 (made)
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This poster asks the viewer the question: "who saves Prussia from its doom?" It also supplies a resounding answer in the Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP), or German National People's Party. Though no longer in existence, the Prussian state was formerly the most important industrial and political part of the German Empire and formed part of the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933. Following the end of World War I and the abdication of William II in 1918, a left-wing revolution took hold of Germany.
The DVNP were staunch nationalists who appealed to traditional imperial interests and, although they contested elections, they never supported the idea of a parliamentary democracy. The poster claims that this political party and its ideological stance could deliver the state from the revolution and therefore, from its own destruction.
The DVNP were staunch nationalists who appealed to traditional imperial interests and, although they contested elections, they never supported the idea of a parliamentary democracy. The poster claims that this political party and its ideological stance could deliver the state from the revolution and therefore, from its own destruction.
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| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Wer rettet Preußen vor dem Untergange? Printed election poster for the Deutschnationale Volkspartei [German National People's Party], designed by Gustav Adolf van Hees Germany, 1919 |
| Physical description | Landscape format poster depicting a red skeleton driving a chariot pulled by two rearing black horses. |
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| 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 |
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| Summary | This poster asks the viewer the question: "who saves Prussia from its doom?" It also supplies a resounding answer in the Deutschnationale Volkspartei (DNVP), or German National People's Party. Though no longer in existence, the Prussian state was formerly the most important industrial and political part of the German Empire and formed part of the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933. Following the end of World War I and the abdication of William II in 1918, a left-wing revolution took hold of Germany. The DVNP were staunch nationalists who appealed to traditional imperial interests and, although they contested elections, they never supported the idea of a parliamentary democracy. The poster claims that this political party and its ideological stance could deliver the state from the revolution and therefore, from its own destruction. |
| Other number | LS.227 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.19-2004 |
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| Record created | July 6, 2004 |
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