https://charlottedc.net/cms/files/original/b5d8e5f2eaae9c59cf430b05f83970d0.jpg f164f9b3bcf2fc9a98b5fa33d1d558f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Graphic Art Subject The topic of the resource Graphic Art Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4.25" x 5.5" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jugendweihe Subject The topic of the resource East German propaganda poster encouraging the youth to participate in the Jugendweihe, a socialist coming-of-age initiation ceremony Description An account of the resource This poster shows four GDR youth in the foreground, two boys and two girls. The boy and girl in front carry books, and the boy also carries a hammer. The tall boy in the back raises his hand toward the sky. Two men appear above them in a separate background scene, a military officer and a pilot surrounded by the night sky. On the left side of the poster in the center, the GDR flag flies over the Brandenberg Gate in the distance. The slogan reads, "Jugendweihe, all your strength for the great and noble cause of socialism!" In the GDR, the Jugendweihe was a socialist youth initiation ceremony meant to replace Christian confirmation. It began in 1953, so it was a relatively recent tradition when this poster was made. However, the Jugendweihe's roots date a century earlier to a German secularist movement that the SED appropriated for political purposes. Teenagers participating in the Jugendweihe recited a ceremonial pledge and then received a propagandistic book and a certificate. Today, teenagers in the former GDR region celebrate the Jugendweihe without political connotations. This poster was reissued in postcard form for the 60th anniversary of the GDR's founding and is still available for purchase. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sammlung Prax Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Panorama Berlin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958 Language A language of the resource German Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Ost-Shop.de 1950s 1958 art DDR East Germany GDR graphic graphic art Jugendweihe postcard propaganda Socialism