Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Poster produced for the August 19, 1934, referendum to approve Hitler as Fuhrer, consolidating the positions of President and Chancellor of Germany. The poster has a photograph of Hitler in uniform superimposed over a large crowd of people giving the Heil Hitler salute. Hitler had been appointed Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg on January 31, 1933. Hitler assumed the role of Fuhrer on August 4, 1934, two days after the death of von Hindenburg. The vote was held to legitimize the position and solidify his dictatorial authority. Ninety percent of the population voted in favor of Hitler.
- Artwork Title
- Fuhrer wir folgen dir! Alle sogen ja!
- Alternate Title
- We follow the leader you enjoy! Everyone says Yes!
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1934 August
- Geography
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publication:
Munich (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, top, red ink : Führer wir folgen Dir! / Alle sagen Ja! [We follow the leader you enjoy! Everyone says Yes!]
front, lower center, black ink : Reichspropagandaleitung der NSDAP. München - Contributor
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Distributor:
Reichspropagandaleitung der N.S.D.A.P.
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
- Newsprint poster with an offwhite border and ¾ length black and white photographic image of Hitler superimposed over a black and white photographic image of a crowd of men, women and children. Most audience members have their right arms raised in salute. Hitler is pictured from the knee up; his right arm on his right hip and his left arm lies next to his left hip. His hair is parted on the right and swoops to the left. He wears a coat over a military jacket with a Sam Browne belt and a cross shaped medal on the left breast pocket. Above and to the right of Hitler is large German fraktur text printed in red ink. There is publishing information near the lower edge in black ink. There is pencilled text on the reverse.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 32.250 inches (81.915 cm) | Width: 22.375 inches (56.833 cm)
- Inscription
- reverse, cursive, pencil : L[?]lus Gambul Lin[?]gow
reverse, vertically, pencil : PLAKAT A.H. 11-
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 2004.
- 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:
- 2024-04-29 07:56:32
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Also in Nazi Party miscellanea collection
The collection consists of a book, documents, a poster, and one pair of SA-Wehrmannschaft uniform trousers relating to the history of the Nazi Party in Germany.
Date: 1932-1943
SA-Wehrmannschaft combat uniform trousers
Object
SA-Wehrmannschaft [Sturmabteilung] brown/green combat uniform trousers for this military training defense unit formed in 1939. The members were usually older men not fit for regular military service, but still required to undergo military training and participate in civil defense. By the late 1930s, the SA was not an independent political force, but it was a powerful organizing tool for the Nazi Party. The SA was a paramilitary organization founded by Hitler in 1920, and led by Ernst Rohm. The Stormtroopers were known for their brutality and violence and were potent instruments of street terror during Hitler's rise to power. By the early 1930s, SA membership reached three million, far outnumbering the German Army. After Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, the SA's demands for political power threatened Hitler's plans for German expansion and he turned against them. Between June 30 and July 2, 1934, the Nazi Party leadership, on Hitler's order, purged the SA leadership to end the embarrassing conduct and political intrigues.
Papers from Auktionshaus für Historica GMBH & Co. KG
Document
The papers consist of a certificate ("Bescheinigung") issued in 1933, some correspondence dated 1933, and two fliers dated 1932 and 1933 anouncing meetings of the Communist Party in Germany.
