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Month of German-Chinese Friendship National Front of Democratic Germany June 1951

Poster Number: PP 887
Poster Notes: Democratic Germany was East Germany (DDR) that was formed in 1949 and collapsed in 1990.
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1951
Technical Information on Poster: AFl 100 271/51
Sources & Citation: Heather, D., & Barth, M. (2014). DDR posters: Ostdeutsche Propagandakunst = The art of east German propaganda. Munich; New York: Prestel.
Catalog Notes: PP 887 Comecon-Warsaw Pact
Language: German
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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Printer: VEB (People's Enterprise) Printer, [East Germany] — Народные предприятия типография, [ГДР]
VEB (Volkseigener Betrieb in German) is the acronym for "People's Enterprise", i.e., a government entity. The entities were nationalized companies and they sometimes were organized into combines. Management oversight was fixed at different levels such as the municipal, district, or the regional level. VEB was the authorized form of industrial enterprise in East Germany until 1990 when a dismantling of the nationalized industrial system commenced and a free-market system was introduced.
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