Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Text only poster announcing a Freedoms Rally sponsored by the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers' Party/Nazi Party] to be held in Schneidemuhl, Germany, (now Pila, Poland) on July 25 and 26, 1931. It was a two day event, with speakers and a concert on Saturday and a rally, speakers, and a protest march led by local Storm Troopers on Sunday. The featured speakers were local Nazi Party officials and members who held seats in the Reichstag. Nazi propaganda and recruitment efforts were centralized, but local party groups were essential to the political and popular success of the NSDAP in Germany in the late 1920s-early 1930s. Events such as this nurtured the idea of national community central to Nazi ideology and contrasted it with the political and social upheaval of the current Weimar government. The Nazis received the largest vote percentage in the next national elections in 1932, the last democratic national election held in prewar Germany. On January 31, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor.
- Artwork Title
- Nazi Party Freedom's Rally, June 26.1931
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1931 July 26-1931 July 25
- Geography
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issue:
Schneidemuhl (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tom Hardisty
- Markings
- front, Fraktur font, black ink : Deutsche Männer! Deutsche Frauen! Deutsche Jugend! / Unsere Voraussagen über die Erfüllungspolitik und den Young=Plan sind eingetroffen. Der arbeitende oder um Arbeit und Brot / gebrachte Deutsche steht vor dem völligen Zusammenbruch seiner Freiheit, seiner Wirtschaft, seines Vaterlands. / In dieser Zeit rufen wir nicht auf zu irrsinnigen Ausschreitungen. Diese können nicht helfen! Wir wissen, daß allein die in / fester politischer Disziplin zusammengefaßte deutsche Volkskraft das Schlimmste noch einmal verhindern und einer Freiheitspolitik Grund- / lagen geben kann. / Diese Volkskraft, der zähe und unzerstörbare Wille zur Freiheit müssen aber gezeigt werden. Dadurch sollen die Launen sich aufrichten, die Verräter sich warnen lassen und das Ausland aufmerken, daß es mit dem Leben unseres Volkes nicht spielen darf! / Deshalb rufen wir Nationalsozialisten als größte politische Bewegung unseres Volkes heute wieder die / gcEinwohner der nordlichen Grenzmark auf zu einer / Freiheitskundgebung / am Sonntag, 26. Juli 1931 in Schneidemühl / Veranstaltungsplan: / Sonnabend, 25. Juli, abends 20 Uhr: Volkskonzert in Neuen Schützenhaus / Redner: Pg. Siegfried Kasche, M. d. R. / Sonntag, 26. Juli, mittags 12.30 Uhr: Landvolk = Kundgebung im Reichsadler / Redner: Pg. Kleinbauer August Räuber, Buchwald bei Frauenstadt Grenzmark/ Pg. von Corswant = Cunßow, M. d. R., Mitglied der Wirtschaftspolitischen Abteilung der Reichsleitung / nachmittags 14 Uhr: Ummarsch der grenzmärkischen S. A. / Ende am Neuen Schützenhaus / “ 16 Uhr: Massen - Kundgebung in Reichsadler / Redner: Pgg. Wilhelm Wiegand, M. d. R. / von Corsewant, M. d. R / Bergarbeiter Börger, Neuß, M. d. R. / Siegfried Kasche, M. d. R. / Gleichzeitig: Konzert im Neuen Schützenhaus / Thema aller Kundgebungen ist: Deutschland soll leben! / Unkostenbeitrag: / zum Volkskonzert am 25. 7. . . . . 0.30 RM. / zur Landvolk = Kundgebung . . . . . . 0.20 ” / zur Massen = Rundegebung . . . . . . 0.50 “ (zu dieser werden bei Bloch 300 Karten zu 20 Pfg. für Arbeitslose, Kleinrenter, usw. ausgegeben, nicht an der Kasse) / zum Konzert am 26. 7. . . . . . 0.20 RM. / Teilnehmerkarten für alle Veranstaltungen 0.80 “ / Im Vorverlauf bei allen Pg., bei Bloch, Alte Bahnhofstraße, und in der Comeniusbuchhandlung am Markt / Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei / Bezirk Grenzmark Nord [German men! German women! German youth! / Our prediction about the policy of appeasement and the Young-Plan has been fulfilled. The Germans who have work or have been denied work and bread stand in front of the complete collapse of their freedom, their economy, their country. / In this time, we do not call for frivolous vandalism. That cannot help! We know that, only a German people united in strong and disciplined political will can once more prevent the worst and can set a foundation for political freedom. / However, this political will, the powerful and indestructible thirst for freedom, must be demonstrated. Doing so will serve to turn fickle attitudes steadfast, warn traitors, and put foreign countries on notice that they may not play with the lives of our people! / Therefore we, the National Socialist Party, as the biggest political movement of our people, once again call the residents of the northern borderland today to participate in a / Freedom’s Rally / on Sunday, 26. July 1931 in Schneidemühl / Event Plan: / Saturday, 25. July, in the evening 20 o’clock: Community Concert in the Neuen Schüztenhaus / Speaker: Party comrade Siegfried Kasche, Member of the Reichstag / Sunday, 26. July, in the afternoon 12.30 o’clock: Peasant - Rally in Reichsadler / Speaker: Party comrade farmer August Räuber, Buchwald by the border city Frauenstadt / Party comrade von Corsewant-Cunßow, Member of the Reichstag, Member of the Politico-economic Division of the Reich Administration / in the afternoon 14 o’clock: Protest march of the border Storm Detachment / End at the Neuen Schützenhaus / “ 16 o’clock: Mass - Rally in Reichsadler / Speaker: Party comrades Wilhelm Wiegand, Member of the Reichstag / von Corsewant, Member of the Reichstag / Miner Börger, Neuß, Member of the Reichstag / Siegfried Kasche, Member of the Reichstag / Concurrently: Concert in the Neuen Schützenhaus / Theme of all the rallies is: Long live Germany! / Service Charge: / for the Community Concert on 25.7. . . . . 0.30 RM. / for the Peasant - Rally . . . . . . 0.20 “ / for the Mass - Rally . . . . . . 0.50 “ / (for the latter, we will issue 300 tickets in Bloch for 20 Pfennig to unemployed and retired persons, etc., not at the register) / for the concert on 26.7. . . . . . . 0.20 RM. / Tickets for all events 0.80 “ / In advance sale from all party comrades, in Bloch, Alte Bahnhofstraße, and at the Comenius Bookshop on the marketplace / National Socialist German Workers Party / District Grenzmark Nord
front, lower left, printed, black ink : [?]gc & Co, Schneidemühl, Alte Bahnhofstraße 4. - Contributor
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Distributor:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei Bezirk Grenzmark Nord
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Political posters
- Object Type
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Posters, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Text only poster on light brown paper with German text in Fraktur font in black ink. At the top is a heading in medium font calling for the attention of German men, women, and children. Below are 2 paragraphs in small font about the current political situation. The title, Freiheitskundgebung, in large font is in the center above a schedule of the days and events which fills the remainder of the poster. Near the bottom are the admission information and the name of the sponsoring local Nazi Party. In the lower left corner is the printing credit. There are 4 large swastikas in each corner. The poster is creased and the lower right corner is missing.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 18.125 inches (46.038 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Demonstrations--Germany--Schneidemuhl. National socialism--Germany--Posters. Nazi propaganda--Germany--Posters.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933--Posters.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Tom Hardisty.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-01 07:51:08
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The collection consists of a poster, correspondence, and documents relating to the activities and administration of the Nazi Party in Germany and photocopied correspondence from Hermann Göring and Hans Frank while on trial for War Crimes at Nuremberg after World War II.
Date: 1931-1947
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Document
The Tom Hardisty collection consists of Nazi party documents and correspondence related to its administration and activities. The collection includes an entrance ticket to a concert sponsored by the NSDAP, court documents, as well as administrative and personnel documents signed by Ernst Röhm, Heinrich Himmler, and Martin Bormann. Also included are photocopies of correspondence written by Hermann Göring and Hans Frank while on trial in Nuremberg, Germany.
