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title: '24. veebruaril valite vabaduse: Eesti Kongress (On 24 February choose freedom: Estonian Congress), election poster, 1990'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eesti-kongress-valite-vabaduse-1990/
description: A black-and-white woodcut-style figure in a tunic scatters seed from a basket, a sword at the hip, under a poster headline that names a date and the word…
section: Collection
---

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[![24. veebruaril valite vabaduse: Eesti Kongress (On 24 February choose freedom: Estonian Congress), election poster, 1990](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eesti-kongress-valite-vabaduse-1990.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eesti-kongress-valite-vabaduse-1990.jpg)

# 24. veebruaril valite vabaduse: Eesti Kongress (On 24 February choose freedom: Estonian Congress), election poster, 1990

A black-and-white woodcut-style figure in a tunic scatters seed from a basket, a sword at the hip, under a poster headline that names a date and the word 'freedom'. The tell is the single virtue word, 'vabaduse' (freedom), carrying the whole appeal to turn out for the Estonian Congress election.

## Text on the object

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

```
24. VEEBRUARIL
VALITE
VABADUSE

EESTI KONGRESS
```

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

```
ON 24 FEBRUARY
YOU CHOOSE (CHOOSE)
FREEDOM

ESTONIAN CONGRESS
```

Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 'Valite' is the second-person plural form of 'valima' (to choose or elect), usable as statement or exhortation; 'vabaduse' is the genitive/accusative form of 'vabadus' (freedom). The museum's colour target strip at the top of the scan is not part of the poster.

[← Mock death notice for 'the totalitarian power of one political party', 1990](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/totalitni-moc-parte-civic-forum-1990/) [Desert Storm surrender leaflets (CIA museum display) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cia-desert-storm-surrender-leaflets-1991/)

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