"Keine neuen US-Raketen in Westeuropa!": peace manifestation, Halle
Two banners above a dense crowd read 'Bannt die Gefahr eines Atomkrieges! Keine neuen US-Raketen in Westeuropa!' and 'Gegen NATO-Waffen Frieden schaffen!' The danger of nuclear war is named in the first line, and the only weapons the banners name are American and NATO ones.
- Date
- October 21, 1983
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- ADN-Zentralbild (GDR state news agency), photographer Friedrich Gahlbeck; state-organised peace manifestation in Halle
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Leader
- Willi Stoph
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- Euromissile Crisis
- Techniques
- Fear appeal
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-1983-1021-031, via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Bundesarchiv release on Wikimedia Commons; file page states the licence)
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1983-1021-031 / Gahlbeck, Friedrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
BANNT DIE GEFAHR EINES ATOMKRIEGES ! KEINE NEUEN US-RAKETEN IN WESTEUROPA ! GEGEN NATO-WAFFEN FRIEDEN SCHAFFEN !
BANISH THE DANGER OF A NUCLEAR WAR! NO NEW US MISSILES IN WESTERN EUROPE! AGAINST NATO WEAPONS CREATE PEACE!
Read from the 786 px image; line breaks as on the banners. 'Frieden schaffen' is rendered literally ('create peace').
