April 1932 Poster

This poster comes from the April 1932 German presidential election, a run-off between Hitler and Hindenburg. The top reads: One man against the party cadavers and special interests!” To the left is a picture of a huge Hitler head towering over the 11 million who voted for him in the first round of the election in March 1932. To the left are the various parties that together made up Hindenburg’s supporters. At the bottom the caption reads: “Give your vote to the man of strength — Hitler.”

The author of the standard Nazi book on posters did not like this one. He writes:

“Hitler’s head looks like a soft-focused picture of an American film actor. This picture destroys the effect. ‘A man of strength’ must look like the Führer in the poster ‘We are taking the fate of the nation in our hands.’ [See below] ... as our Führer really appears. The only explanation for this picture is that it was aimed at women. Women, who make up a major part of the electorate, as is well known, are more influenced by superficialities.”