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title: '"Vorwärts zu den III. Weltfestspielen … für den Frieden in Berlin 1951!": banner on the Konsum department store'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gdr-weltfestspiele-1951-konsum-banner-berlin/
description: A long banner across the stone facade of a Konsum store reads 'Vorwärts zu den III. Weltfestspielen der Jugend und Studenten für den Frieden in Berlin…
section: Collection
---

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[!["Vorwärts zu den III. Weltfestspielen … für den Frieden in Berlin 1951!": banner on the Konsum department store](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/gdr-weltfestspiele-1951-konsum-banner-berlin.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/gdr-weltfestspiele-1951-konsum-banner-berlin.jpg)

# "Vorwärts zu den III. Weltfestspielen … für den Frieden in Berlin 1951!": banner on the Konsum department store

A long banner across the stone facade of a Konsum store reads 'Vorwärts zu den III. Weltfestspielen der Jugend und Studenten für den Frieden in Berlin 1951!' with flags above. Shopfronts become carriers of the festival's call, which pairs a mass event with the word 'peace' and nothing more specific.

## Text on the object

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

```
VORWÄRTS ZU DEN III. WELTFESTSPIELEN DER JUGEND UND STUDENTEN FÜR DEN FRIEDEN IN BERLIN 1951 !

[facade lettering: KONSUM]
```

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

```
FORWARD TO THE 3RD WORLD FESTIVAL OF YOUTH AND STUDENTS FOR PEACE IN BERLIN 1951!

[facade lettering: CONSUM / KONSUM]
```

Read from the 800 px image. The source credit 'Quelle: Deutsche Fotothek' under the picture is not part of the object. The facade letters 'KONSUM' are only partly visible.

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