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Light is the best target for a bomb

Poster
ca. 1940 (made)
Artist/Maker
Reichsluftschutzbund (publisher)
Waldheim-Eberle (printer)
Place of origin
Vienna (printed)
Berlin (published)

"Licht ist das... Bombenzil" Unknown designer. Austria, ca. 1940.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleLight is the best target for a bomb (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Paper
Ink
Brief description
"Licht ist das... Bombenzil" Unknown designer. Austria, ca. 1940.
Dimensions
  • Height: 61cm
  • Width: 42.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
(translated from the German)
Translation
Light is the best target for a bomb. So remember to black out completely! It has been noticed that enemy pilots almost exclusively attack at night in the western zone, and that they randomly bomb areas where light can be detected. Therefore, it is the duty of each and every one to black out drastically, in the interest of oneself and the entire People, who are to be protected from every danger coming from above. Extremely important in the border zone, this is also true for our own territory. There, too, everything that could be seen as a target for a bomb during the nightly attacks of the enemy should be avoided. Published by the headquarters of the 'Reichsluftschutzbund', Berlin [printed by] Waldheim-Eberle, Vienna
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
National Socialism
War
Propaganda
Light
Bombs
Bombs
World War II
Places depicted
Vienna
Austria
Other number
LS.609 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.170-2004

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Record createdMarch 8, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110044/light-is-the-best-target-poster-reichsluftschutzbund/
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