{"product_id":"draft-wwii-german-poster-did-lebende-front-rigid","title":"Original German WWII National-Socialist War Victims Care NSKOV Rigid Poster - 16 ¼” x 22 ¾”","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and the American Office of War Information took on similar tasks during World War II. Both worked to persuade citizens of the importance of the war effort, stir up patriotism, and emphasize crucial efforts like resource conservation and silence about military tactics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe National Socialist War Victim's Care (\u003cem\u003eNationalsozialistische Kriegsopferversorgung\u003c\/em\u003e or NSKOV) was a social welfare organization for seriously wounded veterans as well as frontline fighters of World War I. The NSKOV was established in 1934 and was affiliated to the NSDAP Party. The headquarters of the organization was in Kreuzberg, Berlin (at the time called the SW 68 district) and employed the architect Willy Muehlau to design cheap residential complexes for NSDAP war veterans. These complexes emerged some time between the late 1920s and early 1930s and are protected according to the City of Berlin's \u003cem\u003eDenkmalliste\u003c\/em\u003e (monument list).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Germany's defeat in World War II, the American military government issued a special law outlawing the Party and all of its branches. Known as Law number five, this denazification decree disbanded the NSKOV as with all organizations linked to the Party. The organizations taking care of the welfare for World War I veterans had to be established anew during the postwar reconstruction of both West and East Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poster features a war torn scene of explosions and barbed wire fortifications with the NSKOV symbol in the upper left corner. The text at the bottoms translates loosely as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Living Front\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eExhibition of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational-Socialist War Victims' Benefits \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ein the Reichstag building in Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEntrance Portal 5. _______- Open daily 10am-6pm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA portion of the letters are unfortunately missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wonderful opportunity to add a genuine WW2 German NSKOV propaganda type poster advertising for an exhibit in the Reichstag building. Comes ready to display!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39874528804933,"sku":"ONJR22GS69","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/products\/ONJR22GS69__01.jpg?v=1647374264","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/draft-wwii-german-poster-did-lebende-front-rigid","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}