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Vorsicht! Die Rattenfänger
Maker: Artist Unknown
Technique: offset
Date Made: Circa 1990s
Place Made: Germany
Measurements: 42.5 cm x 60.5 cm; 16 3/4 in x 23 13/16 in
Main Subject: Germany (Europe); Immigration
Materials: glossy paper (fiber product)
Digitized: Y
Full Text:
Vorsicht! Die Rattenfänger sind wieder unterwegs [on armbands: L - R: REP FAP DVU NPD Austländer Raus
Acquisition Number: 2000-125
Translation: Caution! The Pied Pipers Are On the Road Again [on scythe: Foreigner Out]
Notes:
REP: The Republicans Die Republikaner, REP) is a national conservative political party in Germany. Their primary plank of the program is opposition to immigration.
FAP: The Free German Workers' Party (German: Freiheitliche Deutsche ArbeiterPartei, FAP) was a neo-nazi political association in Germany, outlawed in 1995.
DVU: The German People's Union (German: Deutsche Volksunion, DVU) was a nationalist political party in Germany founded in 1987. In 2011, it merged with the National Democratic Party of Germany.
NPD: The National Democratic Party of Germany (German: Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, NPD), is a far-right political party in Germany. It was founded in 1964 and is referred to as "the most significant neo-Nazi party to emerge after 1945".
Copyright Status:
Copyright status unknown; may be protected by copyright law.
Exhibition Annotation:
All of the armbands represent right wing groups opposed to immigration, following the lead of a Nazi.