Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

A Dozen Striking War Posters from Austria

 







































7 comments:

  1. Excellent, I was surprised that all of the posters didn't use the Fachtung(sp?) script - or was that largely a German practice?

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  2. The poster with the pilot is actually German, according to the Library of Congress and Imperial War Museum. The artist is Fritz Erler, who created at least two other well-known German WWI posters.

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  3. Very interesting. They make me wish I knew German.

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  4. the most striking to me is the 3rd one with the soldier, now an amputee working as a farmer.

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