"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.
- Date
- 1951
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Organisers of the 3rd World Festival of Youth and Students (FDJ and GDR bodies); Konsum cooperative store as host; photographed by Roger and Renate Rössing (Deutsche Fotothek)
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Leader
- Otto Grotewohl
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- Cold War
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Deutsche Fotothek (SLUB Dresden), df_roe-neg_0006167_027, via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Deutsche Fotothek release on Wikimedia Commons; file page states the licence)
Deutsche Fotothek / Roger und Renate Rössing, df_roe-neg_0006167_027 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 DE
Text on the object
VORWÄRTS ZU DEN III. WELTFESTSPIELEN DER JUGEND UND STUDENTEN FÜR DEN FRIEDEN IN BERLIN 1951 ! [facade lettering: KONSUM]
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.
