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- Allied propaganda leaflet dropped on German soldiers during the Lower and Upper Silesian Offensives. It encourages them to give up in Italy since the Russians have already advanced and that it was only a matter of time until Germany surrenders.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- The four-page article "Jews among themselves," provides a photojournalistic image of the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. The horrific conditions of the ghetto are not displayed however, and instead the author focuses on the reasons and justifications for the Jews being separated.
- Date Created:
- 1941-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Marginalia in different hands in German, Contemporary brown leather boards; two concentric double blind-ruled borders, filled with blind-stamped shell and flower ornaments; diapered center panel, lozenges containing blind-stamped flower and eagle ornaments; brass and leather strap-and-pin fastener; front and back pastedowns are parchment leaves; engraving of a saint’s deathbed scene removed from another text and affixed to front pastedown. In a green cloth clamshell box, with green leather spine., Text in gothic liturgical book hand in black ink, lightly ruled in brown, with first and last one or two horizontal rules extending to edge of leaf; prickings visible along fore-edge of leaves; 18 lines per page; headings, superscript corrections, and ceremonial instructions in red; sentence initials touched in red; alternating red and blue capitals; footnotes in German in brown, with sentences touched in red; catchwords in brown, circled in red., Manual or office book compiled for a Dominican nunnery, probably in Nuremberg during the third quarter of the 15th century, possibly between 1450 and 1469. The compilation of liturgies and prayers includes the Communion for the sick; Extreme Unction to be offered in the death of a sister; the Mass for the dead; various litanies of saints, with multiple references to St. Dominic, and local German saints such as St. Cunegund (whose relics are in Bamberg); St. Heinrich (Henry II, husband of Cunegund, also of Bamberg); and St. Sebald (patron saint of Nuremberg). Also included are diagrams in lower margins, written in German, outlining the stages of liturgical processions in the nunnery. Rubrics refer to “swester”, and Latin prayers are written in the feminine case., Gothic liturgical book hand, Chant music included throughout test; music arranged on red 4-line staves with square notation in black; Latin words., and Jointly purchased by Western Michigan University and the Newberry Library in 1996.
- Date Created:
- [1450 TO 1469]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Election leaflet supporting Adolf Hitler for election in the 1932 Reichspresident election. It attacks the SPD and the KPD for accusing Hitler of being the political whip of social reaction, and blames the problems of the Weimar Republic on their leadership. It includes Hitler's motto, "For freedom, work and bread." A large portion of Hitler's speech from April 7, 1932 is included.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Back of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Blue background color; oval image of a ship in the Elbe harbor.
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Election campaign leaflet in support of the Berlin Communist party during the 1932 Landtag elections. It calls on all workers to form a front against Franz von Papen and join in the battle against his fascist government. In order to create more jobs it ensures that voters need to support KPD.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 25 Pfennig polychrome German note. Light blue checkered background; No 60945; bill is valid until October 1, 1920.
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Black ink on white paper; image of Mayor Brauweiler in upper left corner; on the right side is a green watermark with red embedded fibers. Portrait in this picture is a copy of the work "Arnold von Brauweiler" in 1535 by Bartholomäus Bruyn.
- Date Created:
- 1922-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Campaign election leaflet in support of the NSDAP during the 1932 Reichstag election. It calls out to all public servants that now more than ever it is time to man the entrenchments. It tells them that they are standing at a crossroads and they must decide whether they want to go back or forward. It demands that all officials act and think only about the people for their own sake.
- Date Created:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
- Notes:
- Front of 50 Pfennig polychrome German note. Orange background with black text
- Date Created:
- 1920-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- World War II Propaganda Collections
