Nazi Slogans or Graffiti at the end of the War

[Cor]

Another one from Vettweiss.

[Hans1906]

Interesting topic,

the german term was "Durchhalteparole" ("perseverance slogan...")

Anyone who painted something against the Nazis on a wall was shot by court order, there are many examples...


Hans

[Cor]

Interesting topic,

the german term was "Durchhalteparole" ("perseverance slogan...")

Hans

Thanks. Didnt know this.

[Cor]

Citizens walking through the streets of Bonn shortly after the 1st US-Army captured the city in March 1945. The slogan on the wall: Fight and Victory, despite terror. Note: the slogan is not there anymore.
Then image: US Army
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel – Grace Kailuhu

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[Hans1906]

Hi Cor,

the german term "Wandzeitung" is somewhat related to all this, the former slogans were very similar to the so-called "Durchhalteparolen" on the walls,
all of this went hand in hand, pushed and controlled by the still active NSDAP, even in 1945.

Wandzeitung https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandzeitung

There are large wall inscriptions, as well as the smallest stickers with the slogans of the time.
These stickers are extremely rare, you won't find them anymore.

The anti-Nazi material printed at that time is extremely rare, sometimes you find something like this as a bookmark in a book from that time, but a find today is very unlikely...

Everything was destroyed, before the 1945 downfall, and especially after 1945, nobody wanted anything to do with all that...


Hans

[Cor]

Thanks for the extended info Hans, interesting.

In the meantime i will post some of these Durchhaltparole. Hopefully interesting too.

[Hans1906]

As I could see from the sign, the photo was taken in the Bonn am Rhein region...

I've corrected and sharpened the second photo a bit, so the small details are a bit more recognizable:

"American GI on the ruins of war, well worth seeing!"
(50 Cents for his thoughts at that time!)


Hans

[Cor]

Almost not visible but in this photo taken in Baal Germany the following text is mentioned: Tapfer & Treu meaning brave & loyal.

[Mannheim]

Cor's first Bonn photo has a Kyffhäuserbund sign directly under an ad for an excellent beer...

[Cor]

Cor's first Bonn photo has a Kyffhäuserbund sign directly under an ad for an excellent beer...

You mean dortmunder beer? Definitely good. I brewed one myself because i like the style.

[Mannheim]

Yes indeed! I'll be in amongst it this time next week. And Berliner Kindl!

[Max Sinister]

Wandzeitungen... they continued this tradition in the GDR too.

[Cor]

Amazing grafiti again in Vettweiss
Photographer: T/5 Fred Linden, 165th Signal Photo Co.

[Cor]

This photo is taken in Viersen and a text is on the wall but hard to read. I can read de words Der Führer but the rest is hard.

[Cor]

Hopefully still interesting but for me it is.
2 interesting photos in Krefeld with the text Frauenarbeit hilft waffenschmieden or women's work will help making weapons.