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Illustrated poster. A large red number one juts out of a large red swastika. Thousands of people swarm to the open portions of the swastika as if they were entryways. German runs along the top and the bottom of the poster in a large black type.
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Electing a leader or other officials to hold public office is an important part of many republics and democracies. Explore more content related to elections before and after the Holocaust and how they’ve shaped history. 

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Adolf Hitler stands defiantly looking off to the side, with a crowd of adoring supporters behind him in the distance. In the top right corner, large red letters saying ‘Ja!’ contrast brightly against the black and white of the rest of the poster. The rest of the text is along the bottom.
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1934 Nazi Party propaganda poster
Russian Revolution Poster
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Communism
Election officers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Election officers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cream colored poster with large German text in a black Gothic font.
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Election poster
Illustrated sepia-toned propaganda poster. A bright light shines from the bottom of the poster highlighting multiple hands with white skin tone raised in Nazi salutes. There is German text at the top in white and at the bottom in red and gray.
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Election poster
Poster with a dark background. A sepia tone cutout of Hitler’s head sits in the center with ‘Hitler’ underneath in a sans serif font.
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Nazi propaganda election poster
A sepia-toned hand-drawn crowd of people solemnly stand with bright white text in the forefront. The crowd continues into the distance, with individual details becoming less and less clear. German text in the top left corner reads ‘Unsere letzte Hoffnung:’ with larger text ‘Hitler’ in the bottom center.
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Nazi propaganda election poster titled "Our Last Hope—Hitler"
Nazi supporters gather before the 1932 election
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Nazi supporters gather before the 1932 election
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Zimbabwe: Overview

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