Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Color poster of an iconic painting of the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, printed in Germany during the Third Reich, 1933-1945. The original painting was created by Heinrich Knirr in 1935-1936, and was based on a photograph taken by Heinrich Hoffman in 1935. Hitler approved the image and it was widely used on Nazi propaganda pieces and was very popular. The slogan Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer was one of the central slogans used by Hitler and the Nazi Party. Nazi propaganda portrayed their leader (Fuhrer) as the living embodiment of the German nation and people. This slogan reinforced the cult of Hitler and the sense of destiny that the Party claimed made him the savior of Germany and father of the German people.
- Artwork Title
- Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!
- Alternate Title
- One People, one Country, one Leader!
- Date
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publication/distribution:
approximately 1940
- Geography
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manufacture:
Reichenbach (Saxony, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, lower edge, Gothic font, white ink : Ein Volk- Ein Reich- Ein Fuhrer! [One People, one Country, one Leader!]
front, lower right corner, black ink : CARL WERNER, REICHENBACH i.V. [Reichenbach im Vogtland] - Contributor
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Printer:
Carl Werner
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Nazi propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Offset color lithographic poster reproduction of a portrait painting of Adolf Hitler from the waist up, angled right, with his bent left arm on the back of a chair and the back of his right wrist, with his arm bent, elbow out, placed on his waist. He wears a brown uniform jacket with a red swastika armband on the left arm, a white shirt, and a brown tie with a gold Reichsadler pin. The background is dark red. Below the image is a wide black border with a rally slogan in white Gothic German font. The poster is adhered to the back of a reproduction of a darkly shaded townscape painting by Hans Hartig.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 23.625 inches (60.008 cm) | Width: 16.875 inches (42.863 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 13:04:26
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