---
title: Kriegsanleihetag der Österreichischen Bühnen, 31 May 1917 (Th. Fasche)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/austria-kriegsanleihetag-buehnen-1917/
description: Pen portraits of about twenty-five actors and singers, two raising glasses, under the line 'Wir alle zeichnen Kriegsanleihe!' and the date 31 May 1917.
section: Collection
---

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# Kriegsanleihetag der Österreichischen Bühnen, 31 May 1917 (Th. Fasche)

Pen portraits of about twenty-five actors and singers, two raising glasses, under the line 'Wir alle zeichnen Kriegsanleihe!' and the date 31 May 1917. The tell is the pairing of stage celebrity with 'we all': performers' faces vouch for the loan and imply that everyone is already subscribing.

## Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
KRIEGSANLEIHETAG
DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN BÜHNEN
31·MAI·1917

Wir alle zeichnen Kriegsanleihe!

Th. Fasche [signature]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
War-loan day of the Austrian stages. 31 May 1917. We all subscribe to the war loan!
```

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