Das sind die Feinde der Demokratie! Hinweg damit! (These Are the Enemies of Democracy! Away with Them!)
Three dark figures loom over the slogan: a man in a cap with a red star, a hooded man in a swastika cap raising a dagger, and a skull-faced man in a steel helmet. One label, 'enemies of democracy', is applied to communists, National Socialists and the Stahlhelm together, and the only stated remedy is a vote for List 1, the Social Democrats.
- Date
- 1930
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), Reichstag election campaign; artist Karl Geiß
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Weimar Germany
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Weimar Republic
- Leader
- Heinrich Bruning
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Reichstag Election 1930
- Techniques
- Name-callingFear appeal
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (poster from the Bundesarchiv series Plak 002-037-029, via the Baden 1918-1945 portal), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (published 1930, before 1931; Commons licence tag: Public domain, Copyrighted=false)
Karl Geiß for the SPD, 1930. Wikimedia Commons; source page: Baden 1918 bis 1945 (Lernort Kislau).
Text on the object
DAS SIND DIE FEINDE DER DEMOKRATIE! HINWEG DAMIT! DESHALB WÄHLT LISTE 1 SOZIALDEMOKRATEN! [artist's signature at left edge, partly legible: K. Geiss]
THESE ARE THE ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY! AWAY WITH THEM! THEREFORE VOTE LIST 1 SOCIAL DEMOCRATS!
