--- title: 'Vossische Zeitung, Nr. 297, 25 June 1922: "Der Aufruf zum Schutz der Republik"' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vossische-zeitung-aufruf-zum-schutz-der-republik-1922/ description: Sunday front page the day after Walther Rathenau's murder, headed "Der Aufruf zum Schutz der Republik" and printing the government appeal and the decree… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Vossische Zeitung, Nr. 297, 25 June 1922: "Der Aufruf zum Schutz der Republik"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/vossische-zeitung-aufruf-zum-schutz-der-republik-1922.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/vossische-zeitung-aufruf-zum-schutz-der-republik-1922.jpg) # Vossische Zeitung, Nr. 297, 25 June 1922: "Der Aufruf zum Schutz der Republik" Sunday front page the day after Walther Rathenau's murder, headed "Der Aufruf zum Schutz der Republik" and printing the government appeal and the decree text. The tells: the appeal says the killing "enthüllt" grave dangers and a "Netz von Verschwörern" threatens internal peace, then asks all strata to unite "zum Schutz des Staates in Not und Gefahr", in broad virtue language. ## Text on the object Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` № 297 Sonntags-Ausgabe Berlin Sonntag, 25. Juni 1922 Stg. 26 Vossische Zeitung Begründet 1704 Berlinische Zeitung von Staats- und gelehrten Sachen Verlag Ullstein. Chefredakteur: Georg Bernhard [...] Verlag und Schriftleitung: Berlin SW 68, Kochstr. 22-26 Der Aufruf zum Schutz der Republik. Außerordentliche Mittel in außerordentlichen Zeiten. – Ein Staatsgerichtshof für politische Verbrechen. – Gegen Bedrohungen und Verleumdungen. Die Reichsregierung hat keinen Augenblick gezögert, um auf das Attentat gegen die Republik, das gestern durch die Ermordung Rathenaus eingeleitet wurde, mit Taten zu antworten. [...] Der Aufruf der Reichsregierung. [...] „Der Mord an dem Reichsminister Dr. Rathenau hat die schweren Gefahren enthüllt, denen Deutschland durch innerpolitische Gärungen ausgesetzt ist. [...] ein Netz von Verschwörern droht den inneren Frieden und die Grundlagen der Erneuerung zu zerstören. [...] Zuerst sollten die Führer der Republik, dann sollte die Republik selbst fallen. [...] Alle für die Freiheit und für den Aufbau eines demokratischen Staatswesens arbeitenden Schichten der Bevölkerung müssen sich zusammenschließen und einigen. [...] Das Gesetz zum Schutz der Republik. [...] Verordnung zum Schutze der Republik vom 24. Juni 1922 [...] III. Der Staatsgerichtshof zum Schutze der Republik. IV. Beschlagnahme verbotener Druckschriften. [...] Am Dienstag Arbeitseinstellung. ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` No. 297 Sunday edition Berlin Sunday, 25 June 1922 Year 26 Vossische Zeitung Founded 1704 Berlin newspaper of affairs of state and learned matters Publisher Ullstein. Editor-in-chief: Georg Bernhard [...] Publishing house and editorial office: Berlin SW 68, Kochstr. 22-26 The appeal for the protection of the Republic. Extraordinary means in extraordinary times. – A State Court for political crimes. – Against threats and slanders. The Reich government did not hesitate for a moment to answer with deeds the attack on the Republic that was begun yesterday with the murder of Rathenau. [...] The appeal of the Reich government. [...] "The murder of Reich Minister Dr. Rathenau has revealed the grave dangers to which Germany is exposed through internal political ferment. [...] a network of conspirators threatens to destroy internal peace and the foundations of renewal. [...] First the leaders of the Republic were to fall, then the Republic itself. [...] All strata of the population working for freedom and for the building of a democratic state must join together and unite. [...] The law for the protection of the Republic. [...] Decree for the protection of the Republic of 24 June 1922 [...] III. The State Court for the protection of the Republic. IV. Seizure of banned printed matter. [...] Work stoppage on Tuesday. ``` Only masthead, headlines and the passages quoted are transcribed; [...] marks text skipped. Fraktur read from the 1280 px downsample, not the full-resolution scan; translation is literal, machine-made, and not checked by a fluent reader. Page 1 only. [← Възвание към селския народ в Варненския окръг (Appeal to the peasant people of the Varna district)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/vazvanie-bzns-varna-1922/) [Bijeli orao (White Eagle), postcard for the first Yugoslav all-Sokol rally, Ljubljana, 12-15 August 1922 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/bijeli-orao-sokol-1922/) ## Using the same techniques - [Anacoana fut pendue sans raison (engraving in Le miroir de la cruelle et horrible tyrannie espagnole)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/anacoana-hanged-miroir-tyrannie-espagnole-1620/) (Dutch Republic · 1620 · Fear appeal, Name-calling). Content note: Engraving of a hanged, bare-breasted Taino woman, burning huts and people being killed by Spanish soldiers. - [Der Warner (broadsheet lampoon on the Jesuits after Breitenfeld and Rain)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/der-warner-anti-jesuit-broadsheet-1632/) (Holy Roman Empire · 1632 · Scapegoating, Fear appeal) - [Sans-Culottes, feeding Europe with the Bread of Liberty (James Gillray)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sans-culottes-bread-of-liberty-gillray-1793/) (Kingdom of Great Britain · Jan 12, 1793 · Fear appeal, Name-calling) - [Proclamation de Sonthonax en créole, Cap-Français (Proclamation of Commissioner Sonthonax in Creole)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sonthonax-proclamation-creole-1793/) (France · Aug 29, 1793 · Fear appeal, Scapegoating). Content note: Colonial-era proclamation on slavery and emancipation in Saint-Domingue; speaks of slaves, whips and 'Nègues' in period terms. - [Gazette of the United States, "The Jeffersoniad" no. VIII, 14 August 1800](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/gazette-us-jeffersoniad-1800/) (United States · Aug 14, 1800 · Name-calling, Fear appeal) - [Brolej Žemajčiaj! (Brothers Samogitians!): hand-painted broken-cross poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/brolej-zemajciaj-broken-cross-1862/) (Russian Empire · 1862 · Fear appeal, Transfer) - [豬叫取胎圖 (Picture of the Pig Sect Extracting a Foetus), from Reverently Obeying the Sacred Edict: A Complete Picture Gallery to Repel Heterodoxy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pig-cry-taking-foetus-hunan-1891/) (Qing China · 1891 · Fear appeal, Name-calling). Content note: Colour woodblock caricature depicting foreign Christians as members of a 'pig' sect and showing them cutting a foetus from a woman; violence against a woman and derision of Christianity. - [The Radical Programme, No. 4: Dismemberment of the Empire (Gladstone & Co. auction India), St Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/radical-programme-selling-india-st-stephens-review-1891/) (United Kingdom · Oct 31, 1891 · Fear appeal, Scapegoating)