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title: Qindeel photo poster on West Germany joining NATO (Urdu, Lahore)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/qindeel-photo-poster-german-entry-nato-urdu-lahore-1955/
description: 'An Urdu photo page headed ''North Atlantic Organization: West Germany''s participation'', with five photographs: a treaty signing.'
section: Collection
---

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# Qindeel photo poster on West Germany joining NATO (Urdu, Lahore)

An Urdu photo page headed 'North Atlantic Organization: West Germany's participation', with five photographs: a treaty signing, French ex-premier Mendes France shaking hands with Chancellor Adenauer, a steel crane over a rebuilt site, a defensive position, and a Belgian street banner for a united Europe. Captions include 'A new Germany is being born', 'Yesterday's enemies, today's friends' and 'Defensive strength is the guarantor of freedom'. The tell is glittering-generalities, with bandwagon in the list of fifteen member states.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Poster "German Entry into NATO"
Inserted in Urdu weekly Qindeel, May 22, 1955.

تنظیم شمالی اوقیانوس
مغربی جرمنی کی شرکت

"نیا جرمنی جنم لے رہا ہے"
"کل کے دشمن آج کے دوست"
"تعمیر نو"
"اصل اقتدار عوام کا ہے"
"دفاعی طاقت آزادی کی ضامن ہے"

[body columns not transcribed in full]

Front
```

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

```
Poster "German Entry into NATO"
Inserted in Urdu weekly Qindeel, May 22, 1955.

North Atlantic Organization
West Germany's participation

"A new Germany is being born"
"Yesterday's enemies, today's friends"
"Reconstruction"
"Real power belongs to the people"
"Defensive strength is the guarantor of freedom"

[body columns not transcribed in full]

Front
```

Only the annotation, headline and photo captions are transcribed; the Urdu body columns are not transcribed in full. The handwritten lines are in English.

[← I've heard and seen so much...For one so young](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-ive-heard-and-seen-so-much-for-one-so-young-1955/) [Qindeel photo poster on Iran's travelling schools (Urdu, Lahore) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/qindeel-photo-poster-iran-travelling-schools-urdu-lahore-1955/)

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