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Edelweiss
1st February 2005, 20:25
This one is of 1932, created by Max Gebhardt.
It says "Workers, vote KPD, List 3", and at the bottom "Worker's children! Become Young Pioneers" (the children organisation of the KPD). The sign of the flag is the sign of the historical "Antifaschistische Aktion" (Anti-fascist Action) organisation of the KPD. So originally there where two red flags on it, but the "modern" Antifa (not at all affiliated with the KPD or one of it's successors) replaced one red flag with a black (anarchist) one.

Edelweiss
1st February 2005, 20:28
I just bought this poster at ebay BTW, for an awful lot of bucks. It's a reprint made in the former GDR.
More to come...

Edelweiss
1st February 2005, 20:52
Here's another one, I bought this at 2002 at the yearly Liebknecht-Luxemburg memorial demo/event. Unfortunely it's slightly damaged. It's probably GDR reprint as well. I don't know the creator of this one, nor do I know the year it was published.
It says "Into the KPD! (Spartakus Federation). The Spartakusbund was the antecessor of the KPD, founded by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, beside others. The dude on the poster is Ernst Thälmann, the leader of the KPD.
At the bottom of the poster there is a list of addresses with places where you could apply for a membership in the KPD.

h&s
4th February 2005, 13:46
Some of those KPD posters are really good - have you seen the Spartacists one with the worker slaying the multi-headed snake, each head being another right wing theory?

*Edit*
Here's the bastard:
http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/p63-498/index.jpg