Content note: Front page of a 1919 nationalist daily calling for revenge for the Treaty of Versailles. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Deutsche Zeitung, "Rache!" (Revenge!), morning edition, 28 June 1919
Front page of a Berlin nationalist daily on the day the Treaty of Versailles was signed. A single-word headline, "Rache!", sits over a lead that sets the 1871 imperial proclamation at Versailles against the day's signing, repeats "Vergiß es ihnen nicht!" (Do not forget it to them) and ends on a second headline promising revenge for "the disgrace of 1919".
- Date
- June 28, 1919
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Deutsche Zeitung (Berlin), nationalist daily ("unabhängiges Tageblatt für nationale Politik")
- Country
- Weimar Germany
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Weimar Republic
- Leader
- Gustav Bauer
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Techniques
- TransferGlittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, ZEFYS (Zeitungsinformationssystem), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- 1919 issue (pre-1931); SBB METS record: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, ZEFYS, digitised microfilm (Deutsche Zeitung, Nr. 293, 28 June 1919), open access under the Public Domain Mark 1.0 per the library's METS record; image downscaled and greyscaled for hosting.
Text on the object
Deutsche Zeitung Nummer 293 24. Jahrgang - Berlin, Sonnabend, 28. Juni 1919 Morgen-Ausgabe Rache! Deutsches Volk! Heute wird im Spiegelsaal von Versailles der Schandfrieden unterzeichnet. Vergiß es ihnen nicht! Wo im glorreichen Jahre 1871 das deutsche Kaisertum in alter Herrlichkeit erstand, wird heute die deutsche Ehre zu Grabe getragen. Vergiß es ihnen nicht! In rastloser Arbeit wird sich das deutsche Volk wieder emporarbeiten, um sich den Platz unter den Nationen zurückzuerobern, der ihm zukommt! Dann Rache für die Schmach von 1919! [column headings: Michel wach auf! / Die preußischen Truppen in Leipzig und der Schmachfrieden. / Eine Kundgebung des Offizierkorps.] [Body columns not transcribed.]
German Newspaper Number 293 24th year - Berlin, Saturday, 28 June 1919 Morning edition Revenge! German people! Today the shameful peace is being signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Do not forget it to them! Where in the glorious year 1871 the German Empire arose in its old splendour, German honour is being carried to the grave today. Do not forget it to them! In restless labour the German people will work its way up again, to win back the place among the nations that is due to it! Then revenge for the disgrace of 1919! [column headings: Michel, wake up! / The Prussian troops in Leipzig and the shameful peace. / A declaration of the officer corps.] [Body columns not transcribed.]
Read from the 2400-pixel scan; masthead, headlines and the lead block only. Body columns are not transcribed. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
