I came across a collection of election posters for the German centre-right CDU (Merkel& #39;s party) starting in 1946 and they provide such an interesting window into modern history. A thread of weird and wonderful posters with translations for non-German speakers:
Millions of Germans were forced to flee at the end of WWII as territory changed hands. It was a big, big topic in German politics for a long time. This poster from 1947 makes reference to it.
"Expellees: Your hardship is our hardship. CDU."
"Expellees: Your hardship is our hardship. CDU."
Here& #39;s your regular reminder that it took Germany decades to accept its territorial losses after WWII, including its border to Poland, the Oder–Neisse line.
"Never Oder–Neisse line. Vote: CDU"
(1947)
"Never Oder–Neisse line. Vote: CDU"
(1947)
This poster from 1953 reminds me of some recent Merkel ads. No policies at all, or even prominent reference to the CDU. It just says: "Germany votes Adenauer"
These two CDU posters from the 1950s are really something. The Adenauer poster says: "No Experiments!" The Erhard poster: "Prosperity For All"
Apologies for the length of the thread, I got a bit carried away. Hope it was interesting for some of you. /end