--- title: German Empire propaganda in the collection url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/country/german-empire/ description: Browse all 36 items from German Empire in the FRAME collection, listed by date, each with its techniques, issuer, date and source. section: Collection --- ![Illustration: a dossier collage of an evidence wall of pinned propaganda posters, leaflets and printed matter from many eras, with contact sheets and catalog labels.](https://propagandaarchive.org/static/generated/hero-collection.jpg) Country # German Empire propaganda in the collection 36 objects, listed by date. 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Country: German Empire [The whole collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) · [Search](https://propagandaarchive.org/search/) - [Wakamba's: die größten Feinde Stanley's und Emin Pascha's (show poster, c. 1890)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wakamba-stanley-emin-show-poster-1890/) (German Empire · 1890 · Transfer). Content note: Colonial-era human-display show poster billing East African performers as 'enemies' of European explorers - [Kolonial-Ausstellung, Gruppe XXIII, Berliner Gewerbe-Ausstellung 1896](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berlin-kolonialausstellung-plakat-1896/) (German Empire · 1896 · Transfer) - ["England and the War in South Africa" (Der wahre Jacob, 1899)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/war-and-capitalism-der-wahre-jacob-1899/) (German Empire · Dec 5, 1899 · Card stacking, Scapegoating) - [Deutsche Mütter, schützt Eure Kinder vor der Tuberkulose (German Mothers, Protect Your Children from Tuberculosis)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/deutsche-mutter-tuberkulose-1906/) (German Empire · 1906 · Fear appeal) - [Negresse blanche / The white negress / Die weisse Negerin: Amanoua Kpapo (show poster, c. 1910)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/amanoua-kpapo-white-negress-poster-c1910/) (German Empire · 1910 · Name-calling). Content note: Racial show poster: uses the word 'negress' and 'Negerin' and caricatured, dehumanising faces of Black figures as billing for a human-display act - [Serbische Küche: Besser 'ne Laus im Topf als gar kein Fleisch (Serbian Cuisine: Better a Louse in the Pot Than No Meat at All)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/serbische-kueche-postcard-1914/) (German Empire · 1914 · Name-calling). Content note: Ethnic caricature of Serbs as lice-ridden and short of food (German comic postcard, 1914). - [Unser Kaiser an sein Volk (Our Emperor to His People)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/unser-kaiser-an-sein-volk-1914/) (German Empire · 1914 · Transfer) - [Au Peuple Belge! (von Emmich proclamation, with Allied caption strip)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/emmich-proclamation-au-peuple-belge-1914/) (German Empire · Aug 4, 1914 · Fear appeal, Transfer) - [Vossische Zeitung, Nr. 392, front page (Berlin, 5 August 1914): "England erklärt uns den Krieg"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vossische-zeitung-england-erklaert-uns-den-krieg-1914/) (German Empire · Aug 5, 1914 · Card stacking) - [Breisgauer Zeitung, Telegramme: "Die französische Armee geschlagen" (The French army beaten), August 1914](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/breisgauer-zeitung-franzoesische-armee-geschlagen-1914/) (German Empire · Aug 21, 1914 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Ein Volk in Waffen gegen eine Welt in Waffen (A People in Arms against a World in Arms), Red Cross welfare postcard](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ein-volk-in-waffen-haeseler-red-cross-postcard-1914/) (German Empire · Sep 11, 1914 · Testimonial, Transfer) - [Berliner Tageblatt, evening edition, front page (Berlin, 22 September 1914): "Der Brand der Kathedrale von Reims"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berliner-tageblatt-reims-cathedral-1914/) (German Empire · Sep 22, 1914 · Whataboutism, Card stacking) - [Bulgaren-Held (Bulgarian Hero)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bulgaren-held-1915/) (German Empire · 1915 · Transfer) - [Der neue Dreibund (The New Triple Alliance): postcard](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/der-neue-dreibund-postcard-1915/) (German Empire · 1915 · Transfer) - [Karl Goetz "Lusitania" medal (Germany, 1915)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/goetz-lusitania-medal-1915/) (German Empire · 1915 · Transfer). Content note: German satirical medal showing a sinking passenger liner and Death selling tickets, made after the 1915 sinking that killed over 1,100 people. - [Kriegs-ABC (German children's war alphabet, letters A and B, 1915)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kriegs-abc-hachez-glaser-1915/) (German Empire · 1915 · Name-calling) - [Veröffentlichungen des deutschen General-Gouvernements (Cavell notice, Brussels)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/general-gouvernement-cavell-notice-brussels-1915/) (German Empire · Dec 2, 1915 · Whataboutism) - [Gold gab ich zur Wehr, Eisen nahm ich zur Ehr (I Gave Gold for Defence, I Took Iron for Honour)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gold-gab-ich-zur-wehr-1916/) (German Empire · 1916 · Transfer) - [Sind wir die Barbaren? (Are We the Barbarians?)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sind-wir-die-barbaren-1916/) (German Empire · 1916 · Whataboutism, Card stacking) - [کاوه (Kaveh), fortnightly, no. 1, front page (Berlin-Charlottenburg, 24 January 1916)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kaveh-berlin-first-issue-1916/) (German Empire · Jan 24, 1916 · Transfer). Content note: Wartime Persian-language nationalist newspaper front page with an illustration of armed men behind a banner; no graphic content. - [Die beste Sparkasse: Kriegsanleihe! (The Best Savings Bank: War Loan!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/beste-sparkasse-kriegsanleihe-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Card stacking) - [Die Fahnen flattern hoch im Wind! (The Flags Flutter High in the Wind!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/die-fahnen-flattern-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Für die Kriegsanleihe! (For the War Loan!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/german-fuer-die-kriegsanleihe-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Transfer) - [Zum Kampf auf's Letzte sind wir herausgefordert! (German poster, 1917, Anton Hoffmann)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/german-last-ditch-african-troops-poster-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Fear appeal). Content note: WWI German poster depicting an African soldier in French uniform as a threat, with a racial caricature style and the word 'Sklave' - [Helft uns siegen! Zeichnet die Kriegsanleihe (Help Us Win! Subscribe to the War Loan)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/helft-uns-siegen-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Fear appeal, Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Wer Kriegsanleihe zeichnet, macht mir die schönste Geburtstagsgabe! (Whoever Subscribes to the War Loan Gives Me the Finest Birthday Present!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hindenburg-geburtstagsgabe-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Testimonial) - [So hilft dein Geld Dir kämpfen! In U-Boote verwandelt, hält es Dir feindliche Granaten vom Leib! (This Is How Your Money Helps You Fight! Turned into U-boats, It Keeps Enemy Shells off Your Body!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/u-boote-kriegsanleihe-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Card stacking) - [Das ist der Weg zum Frieden, die Feinde wollen es so! Darum zeichne Kriegsanleihe! (That Is the Way to Peace, the Enemies Want It So! Therefore Subscribe to the War Loan!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/weg-zum-frieden-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Glittering generalities, Scapegoating) - [Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe (Subscribe to the War Loan), eagle and dove](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/zeichnet-kriegsanleihe-sigrist-1917/) (German Empire · 1917 · Transfer) - [Kolonial-Krieger-Spende. von Lettow-Vorbeck (Colonial Servicemen's Fund)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kolonial-krieger-spende-lettow-vorbeck-1918/) (German Empire · 1918 · Transfer) - [Die 9. Kriegsanleihe! Deutschland hat ewigen Bestand (The 9th War Loan! Germany Has Eternal Existence)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/neunte-kriegsanleihe-baruch-strauss-1918/) (German Empire · 1918 · Glittering generalities) - [Siegeszug durch Rumänien, Montanus-Markbücher Band 4 (Victory March through Romania)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/siegeszug-durch-rumaenien-montanus-1918/) (German Empire · 1918 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities) - [Und Ihr? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe (And You? Subscribe to the War Loan)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/und-ihr-zeichnet-kriegsanleihe-erler-1918/) (German Empire · 1918 · Transfer) - [Was England will! (What England Wants!)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/was-england-will-1918/) (German Empire · 1918 · Fear appeal, Card stacking) - [Suomen Kansalle! (To the Finnish People!): German commander von der Goltz says German troops come as friends](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/german-goltz-suomen-kansalle-1918/) (German Empire · Mar 1918 · Glittering generalities, Euphemism / doublespeak) - [Die rote Fahne, Nr. 1, 2. Abend-Ausgabe, front page (Berlin, 9 November 1918): "Berlin unter der roten Fahne"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/die-rote-fahne-berlin-unter-der-roten-fahne-1918/) (German Empire · Nov 9, 1918 · Bandwagon, Transfer)