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The United Socialist Party of Germany welcomes their great teacher of the All-Russia Bolshevik Communist Party of the Soviet Union to the 19th party day of brotherly discussion of [their mutual] struggle

Poster Number: PP 206
Category: Stalin
Poster Notes: Poster was produced by the East German (DDR) government for the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1952. It was the first party congress following World War II and the last held under Stalin's leadership.
Media Size: 38x27
Poster Type: Offset
Publishing Date: 1952
Technical Information on Poster: Agitation Department 481 354/52 German Democratic Republic [DDR]
Catalog Notes: PP 206 Stalin
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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Publisher: Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party, East Germany —
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany or, SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands), was the ruling party in the East German parliament. The nation of East Germany (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) or DDR, existed from 1949 to 1990.
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