--- title: Ein Volk in Waffen gegen eine Welt in Waffen (A People in Arms against a World in Arms), Red Cross welfare postcard url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ein-volk-in-waffen-haeseler-red-cross-postcard-1914/ description: A black-and-white portrait of a uniformed officer in a spiked helmet, ringed by a laurel wreath and framed by German flags, a gun barrel and rifles… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![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/images/ein-volk-in-waffen-haeseler-red-cross-postcard-1914.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ein-volk-in-waffen-haeseler-red-cross-postcard-1914.jpg) # Ein Volk in Waffen gegen eine Welt in Waffen (A People in Arms against a World in Arms), Red Cross welfare postcard A black-and-white portrait of a uniformed officer in a spiked helmet, ringed by a laurel wreath and framed by German flags, a gun barrel and rifles, under the slogan 'Ein Volk in Waffen gegen eine Welt in Waffen' and the name 'Graf Haeseler'. The reverse marks it a Red Cross welfare card. The tell is a named soldier's portrait and flags lent to a slogan that frames the war as one nation against the whole world. - **Date:** September 11, 1914 - **Period:** [First World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwi) - **Made by:** German Red Cross welfare-postcard series (publisher not named); printed by Knackstedt & Co., Hamburg - **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe) - **Country:** [German Empire](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=german-empire) - **Medium:** [Postcard](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=postcard) - **Issuer type:** [Mixed](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=mixed) - **Regime:** [German Empire](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=german-empire) - **Leader:** [Wilhelm II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=wilhelm-ii) - **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public) - **Purpose:** [Fundraise](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=fundraise) - **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Home front](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=home-front), [Health](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=health) - **Event:** [World War I](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-i) - **Techniques:** [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) - **Regime:** [German Empire under Wilhelm II](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/german-empire/) - **Leader:** [Wilhelm II](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/german-empire/#wilhelm-ii) - **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are - **Source:** [Europeana 1914-1918 (user contribution 696)](https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_696), retrieved September 29, 2026 - **Rights:** CC BY-SA 3.0 (contributor licence, Europeana 1914-1918); printed 1914, U.S. public domain (pre-1931) Wohlfahrtspostkarte für das Rote Kreuz, 1914. Europeana 1914-1918, contribution 696, CC BY-SA 3.0. ## Text on the object Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` Ein Volk in Waffen gegen eine Welt in Waffen 19 14 Graf Haeseler [reverse, printed:] Wohlfahrtspostkarte Zum Besten des Roten Kreuzes [printer's line, as read:] Druck v. Knackstedt & Co., Hamburg 22 ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` A people in arms against a world in arms 1914 Count Haeseler [reverse, printed:] Welfare postcard For the benefit of the Red Cross [printer's line, as read:] Printed by Knackstedt & Co., Hamburg 22 ``` A tiny mark at the lower right of the front is [illegible]. The reverse's handwritten message, postmark and address are not transcribed. Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 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Australians! The empire needs you (Farmer's, Sydney)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/australias-imperishable-record-1915/) (1915 · Testimonial, Glittering generalities) - [Ireland & Poland (recruiting appeal quoting the Rev. William P. Burke)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ireland-and-poland-1915/) (1915 · Fear appeal, Testimonial) - [Mr. John Dillon, M.P., on recruiting in Ireland. Join an Irish regiment to-day](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/john-dillon-on-recruiting-in-ireland-1915/) (1915 · Testimonial, Semantic hijacking) - [La France / L'Allemagne: même dans le timbre-poste (France / Germany: even in the postage stamp)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/la-france-l-allemagne-timbre-poste-1915/) (1915 · Testimonial, Name-calling) - [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/) (1917 · Testimonial)