Poster Collection

The collection of posters at the German National Library is formed around a core consiting of two World War collections initiated in 1914 and 1939.

The completed special collection of the Leipzig holdings comprises of

• over 14,000 posters from World War I and public proclamations from the years 1914 -1918
• 3,000 posters, leaflets and proclamations on the November Revolution of 1918
• 5,000 posters, leaflets and proclamations from the World-War-II period 
• 9,000 single-sheet prints from the years 1945 - 1949 and from the later GDR (until 1961)

Opening hours:
Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Since some of the posters are in a poorly state and so far hardly catalogued there is at present only a restricted usage possible.