"Seite an Seite mit der Sowjetunion für den Frieden der Welt": sign on a farmhouse, Schenkenberg
A farmer in rubber boots stands on a stool and nails a hand-painted board to his house wall: 'Seite an Seite mit der Sowjetunion für den Frieden der Welt', the words 'Sowjetunion', 'Frieden' and 'Welt' underlined in white. The sign pairs a partner state with peace in one broad, unarguable phrase.
- Date
- October 21, 1952
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- LPG "7. Oktober", Schenkenberg (Delitzsch district) in the Month of German-Soviet Friendship campaign; ADN-Zentralbild, photographer Illner
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Leader
- Otto Grotewohl
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- Labor, Home front
- Event
- Cold War
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-16892-0005, 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 183-16892-0005 / Illner / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
Seite an Seite mit der Sowjetunion für den Frieden der Welt
Side by side with the Soviet Union for the peace of the world
Read from the 800 px image.
