"Ami, go home!"

"Ami, go home!"

GDR propaganda poster from Dresden in 1950 by Elisabeth Shaw and René Graetz that reads: "Der amerikanische Kommisar McCloy am 4. Juli 1950: / "Ich fühle mich in Deutschland wie zu Hause!" /Deutschland antwortet: / "Ami, go home!".

Shaw and Graetz made this anti-American GDR poster in response to a visit by John McCloy, US High Commissioner for Germany in 1950. Unlike many of the artists who were born in the GDR or other parts of the Soviet Bloc, these artists settled in East Berlin after World War II. Shaw was born in Northern Ireland, and Graetz grew up in Switzerland.

Elisabeth Shaw, artist

René Graetz, artist

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Ratsdruckerei Dresden

1950-07-04

Copyright Deutsches Historisches Museum

German

poster

83 × 58.5 cm