"Siemens-Plania grüßt die Vorhut der internat. Arbeiterklasse": factory delegation at the Soviet memorial, Treptow

Workers carry a banner reading 'Siemens-Plania grüßt die Vorhut der internat. Arbeiterklasse im Kampf für d. Frieden!' on the way to lay wreaths at the Soviet war memorial. The vanguard and peace wording flatters the viewer's side in broad terms, and the memorial setting attaches the memory of the Soviet army's dead to the congress.

Date

July 21, 1950

Period

Cold War

Made by

Siemens-Plania works delegation, 3rd SED Party Congress; photographer Horst Sturm (Illus)

Region

Western and Central Europe

Country

East Germany

Medium

Photograph

Issuer type

Party

Regime

German Democratic Republic

Leader

Otto Grotewohl

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Commemorate

Themes

Labor, Elections and party politics

Event

Cold War

Techniques

Glittering generalitiesTransfer

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-S99132, 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-S99132 / Sturm, Horst / CC-BY-SA 3.0

Siemens-Plania grüßt die
Vorhut der internat. Arbeiter-
klasse im Kampf für d. Frieden!

Siemens-Plania greets the
vanguard of the international working
class in the struggle for peace!