The Battle of Britain

Ein Vergleich! [A Comparison!]

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 3911
Place made
Germany
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph
  • support: paper
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 1380 mm
  • Support: Width 952 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
Creator
Category
posters

Object description

whole: the title is positioned across the top edge, in black Gothic script. The text is positioned below occupying the remainder, also in black Gothic script. Some of the text is in two columns held within a blue and white design. All set against a yellow background. image: text only. text: Ein Vergleich! [left-hand text column] Wie ists in der Grossstadt? Tausende von Arbeitslosen! Dabei überfüllte Fabriken und von Stunde zu Stunde grösseres Angebot von Arbeitskräften. Steigender Arbeitsmangel! Weil Kohlen und alle Rohstoffe fehlen. Wohnungsnot! Weil vier Jahre lang nichts gebaut wurde. Hunger! Weil die Transporte stocken und keine Lebensmittel-Vorräte da sind. Keine Feuerung! Denn Kohle bleibt aus. Kein Verdienst! Denn die ungeheuren Preise für Nahrung fressen alles Einkommen. [right-hand text column] Wie ists auf dem Lande? Mangel an Arbeitskräften! Hunderttausende von Kriegsgefangenen sind fort! Ihre Arbeitsstellen stehen leer. Täglich mehr Arbeit! Gewaltige Kartoffelmengen sind zu retten, Getreide ist zu dreschen, Holz zu schlagen usw. Ausreichende Wohnungen! Weil weniger Zustrom aus dem Felde. Auskömmliche Nahrung! Wenn Alle arbeiten und unsere ländlichen Erzeugnisse bergen. Genügende Heizung! Denn Holz ist da. Ausreichender Lohn! Denn Wohnung und Verpflegung kosten weniger. Arbeitsuchende - aufs Land! In der Grossstadt herrscht Not, Auf dem Lande gibts Brot! Arbeitsnachweis in Berlin: SO 16, Michaelkirchplatz 1. Sonst Auskunft durch die Gemeindeverwaltungen. BERNHARD HEYMANN UND SCHMIDT, A.-G., BERLIN, N. [A Comparison! What is it like in the city? Thousands unemployed! With overmanned factories and an hourly increase in the numbers of those seeking work. An increasing shortage of work! Because of a lack of coal and all raw materials. A shortage of housing! Because for four years nothing was built. Hunger! Because transport is at a standstill and no food supplies are getting through. No heating! Because there is no coal. No earnings! Because the incredible prices of food gobble up all income. What is it like in the country? Shortage of labour! Hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war have gone! Their jobs are vacant. More work every day! Great quantities of potatoes can be salvaged, cereals threshed, wood chopped, etc. Adequate housing! Because there are fewer people coming from the army. Sufficient food! If everyone works and gets in the produce of the land. Satisfactory heating! For there is wood there. Adequate pay! Because housing and food cost less. If you are looking for work – go to the country! In the city there is hardship, in the country there is bread! Employment agency in Berlin: [address]. Otherwise information from local administrative offices. Heymann and Schmidt stock corporation [address].]

Physical description

Printed in two halves.

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