Hilf auch du mit! Poster

Austria, c. 1941

34 x 25 in (86 x 64 cm)

ID #FF12B-N-56 PK5

"Hilf auch du mit!" You help as well!

Nazi ideology relegated women to a purely domestic role. The demands of war, however, forced the Party to rely heavily on female labour. This poster seeks to reconcile the reality of the labour need with a Nazi ideal of womanhood. The portrait of the soldier looms above the factory worker, nurse and agricultural labourer, suggesting that these women are still essentially serving men. The open-air setting recalls one of the themes found in Nazi-inspired art which portrayed women in association with the nurturing functions of the earth.

Artist: Theo Matejko

Printer: Waldheim-Eberle

Condition: Very good, some pieces missing from the right side but does not affect image.

Please note that this poster can be linen-backed on canvas for an additional charge. Email postermuseum@gmail.com for more information.

250-500 austria foreign germany original posters poster print prints size-34x25 vintage war

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