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title: Wählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen (church-election banner, Berlin)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/deutsche-christen-kirchenwahl-berlin-1933/
description: Outside a Berlin church on the day of the Protestant church elections, a banner above the door reads 'Wählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen', set between a…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Swastika and cross displayed together on a church-election banner, with uniformed SA men and a child collecting money. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Wählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen (church-election banner, Berlin)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/deutsche-christen-kirchenwahl-berlin-1933.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/deutsche-christen-kirchenwahl-berlin-1933.jpg)

# Wählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen (church-election banner, Berlin)

Outside a Berlin church on the day of the Protestant church elections, a banner above the door reads 'Wählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen', set between a swastika and a cross. Uniformed men and a boy in uniform with collection tins hold signs urging a vote for the same list while voters queue. The swastika and cross sit side by side as equals, so the party symbol borrows the church's authority.

## Text on the object

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

```
Wählt Liste 1
Deutsche Christen

Wählt
Liste
Deutsche
Christen!

[small notice on the church door, illegible]
```

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

```
Vote List 1
German Christians

Vote
List
German
Christians!

[small notice on the church door, illegible]
```

The banner and the hand-held sign are legible. A small printed notice on the left church door is too small to read.

[← 'Deutsche! Wehrt Euch! Kauft nicht bei Juden!' (Germans! Defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews!): SA and SS men post a boycott sign, Berlin](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kauft-nicht-bei-juden-boycott-1933/) [Ein Volk, ein Führer, ein Ja (One People, One Leader, One Yes) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ein-volk-ein-fuehrer-ein-ja-1933/)

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