1932 election poster "Schluss jetzt! Wählt Hitler"

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1932 election poster "Schluss jetzt! Wählt Hitler"

Post by Cantankerous » 07 Feb 2022 23:55

I found this 1932 German election poster at this link:
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn3731

This election poster, which says Schluss jetzt! Wählt Hitler ("End it now! Elect Hitler"), depicts a man breaking his wrists free of shackles (symbolizing the punitive terms of the Versailles Treaty), and thus urged German citizens to vote to make Adolf Hitler the next chancellor of Germany, since Hitler agreed with most Germans that the terms of the Versailles Treaty were harsh.

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Re: 1932 election poster "Schluss jetzt! Wählt Hitler"

Post by GregSingh » 08 Feb 2022 04:30

to vote to make Adolf Hitler the next chancellor of Germany,
Those were the presidential elections, so they were electing a president.

Another (in)famous NSDAP poster was: Soll die SPD wieder siegen?
That one disappeared quickly as Hindenburg (independent, but supported by Weimar coalition) nearly won the first round.

In the second round, for some reason Die deutschen Lehrer wählen Hitler! was popular. It did not help either as AH getting most of the Stahlhelm votes was not enough when some of KPD voters decided to switch from Thälmann to Hindenburg.

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