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Kriegsopfer!

Poster
ca. 1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
A. Raabe & Co. (publishers)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Red poster with large white circle dominating the background of the composition. Within the circle, a dagger and swastika create a cruciform shape. This is surrounded by laurel in grey and black. Text below in German.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleKriegsopfer! (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
printing
Paper
Ink
Brief description
Anonymous World War II poster in red, white and black with dagger and swastika. Berlin, Germany. ca. 1942.
Physical description
Red poster with large white circle dominating the background of the composition. Within the circle, a dagger and swastika create a cruciform shape. This is surrounded by laurel in grey and black. Text below in German.
Dimensions
  • Height: 69.9cm
  • Width: 48.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Kriegsopfer!/ Euer frontfamerad Adolf Hitler ruft jur Sammling!/ hinein/ in den N.S. Reichsuerband/ dent Scher Kreigsopfer e.v./ Reichsleitung Berlin SW 68, Charlottenstrasse 85. (Black text on red base.)
  • * A. RAABE & CO., K.G. */ BERLIN SWII (bottom right hand corner)
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
Dagger
Swastika
Laurel
Hitler, Adolf
World War II
Places depicted
Germany
Berlin
Other number
LS.1712 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.700-2004

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105772/kriegsopfer-poster-a-raabe/
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