Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

Communist Propaganda of the 20th Century

propaganda - 'noun', information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view (Compact Oxford Dictionary).

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Deutsche Demokratische Republik (27).

Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Deutsche Demokratische Republik.  Hardcover book published by Sachsenverlag Dresden 1959.  All text is in German.  There is a booklet with Russian, English, French and Spanish translations.

The People’s Chamber is the supreme organ of our Workers’ and Peasants’ State. A view of the Presidium during a session presided by Dr. Johannes Dieckmann, President of the People’s Chamber. Walter Ulbricht, First Deputy of the Prime Minister and First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, brings in a bill

Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl on his journey to the Middle and Far East: As a guest of Mao Tse-tung, First Secretary of the Communist Party of China

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun (10).

Inside a People’s Commune: Report from Chiliying by Chu Li and Tien Chieh-yun. Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press Peking 1974. All text is in English.

The PLA helps train the commune’s militia, which now has over 15,000 members.

A commune cadre briefs a militia unit on the situation at home and abroad.

Three generations in the militia. Ma Hseuh-jang (foreground) on the rifle range with his father and niece. All belong to the Liuchuang battalion.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Crimea: Architecture Monuments (5).

Crimea: Architecture Monuments. Hardcover book published in 1991, 255 pages with colour photographs. Text is in Russian, English and German.

The Yalta Hotel (1975) defines the silhouette of Masaandra.

The Zvezdny Holiday Hotel

A health centre for miners from Donbas and Kuzbus occupies a picturesque locality in the Utes settlement

The Yalta Hotel has become a notable sight in the Southern Coast of the Crimea

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik. (22)

Czechoslovakia by Frantisek Rachlik. Hardcover book published by SNTL, Prague 1957. All text is in English.

HRADEC KRALOVE. A regional town on the Elbe, one of the oldest settlements in Bohemia. Today a modern industrial town, and a centre of a rich agricultural region. Traffic at the new railway station.

BRATISLAVA. A new city is growing besides the old.

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Soviet Siberia (12).

Soviet Siberia by E. Klenov and G. Paderin. Hardcover book with pictorial boards (no dust jacket) published by Progress Publishers Moscow 1970, unpaginated with colour and black and white photographs.

Lenin’s ideas put boldly into practice have transformed the lives of millions. The Soviet people now know the joy of free labour for a happy present and an even happier future.


Sunday, July 5, 2015

This is Poland (17)

This is Poland. Softcover book published by Interpress Publishers Warsaw 1972, 216 pages with colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. All text is in English.

Cosmetics production in Posnan’s “Lechia” Factory

Sterilizing surgical instrument

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

A Glance at China’s Economy by Cheng Shih (12).

A Glance at China’s Economy by Cheng Shih. Paperback book published by Foreign Languages Press, Peking 1974.