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
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.
- Date
- July 23, 1933
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Deutsche Christen (German Christians) church party, with SA and Hitler Youth members at the polling church
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Nazi Germany
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Regime
- Nazi Germany
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1985-0109-502), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (German Federal Archives), as stated on the Commons file page
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1985-0109-502 / photographer not recorded / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
Wählt Liste 1 Deutsche Christen Wählt Liste Deutsche Christen! [small notice on the church door, illegible]
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.
