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An ad from the Sturm Cigarette Company, the Sturmabteilung (SA, Nazi brownshirt)'s own cigarette manufacturer, which provided their operating funds. From January 1932, when the Nazis were trying to win power, it prominently shows a uniformed SA member, the Nazi hakenkreuz flag, and the SA logo. In the text, it advertises the company and four of its brands, and carries a political slogan: "Gegen Trust und Konzern" ("Against the [corporate] trust and the combine"). Prices are given in pfennigs per cigarette.

Source
Date

January 1932

Author

Unknown. If the artist died over 70 years ago (i.e., before or during the WWII), it's PD in Germany; it is already PD in the US, as the image does not bear a copyright mark.

Portion used

entire advertisement

Low resolution?

yes

Other information
Article

Sturm Cigarette Company

Purpose of use

To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):
Illustrate how Nazi propaganda and Sturm cigarette brand advertising were combined, with buying the cigarettes and supporting the party being equated, and how they changed over time (the Nazi propaganda associated with the cigarette brand changed with the political situation; the recession and regulatory changes also had effects). This is an early ad, from before the Nazis took power. The revolutionary imagery, edgy fonts, the "Gegen Trust und Konzern" political slogan, and even the word "Sturm" serve as political as well as commercial messages. "Sturm" is a rather flexible word; while it can mean just "storm", as in weather, it can also mean a military assault or attack, and, as a verb, can mean "to besiege" or "to abruptly take by force", same as the English "to storm [a place]". It was used as a political metaphor around elections. The imagery of flags and uniforms rather influences the interpretation which one puts on the "Sturm" brand name blazoned on top of the images. While officially the SA were not a military organization, the image's resemblance to the explicitly militaristic imagery of the thirties is also relevant.

Replaceable?

Historical ad; no free replacement exists or can be made

Article

Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany

Purpose of use

To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):
Illustrate how the Sturmabteilung identified itself with its cigarettes, in public marketing, creating a political as well as a financial obstacle to tobacco control.

Replaceable?

Historical ad; no free replacement exists or can be made

Non-free media rationale for Sturmabteilung
Article

Sturmabteilung

Purpose of use

To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):
To illustrate how the SA promoted itself with its cigarette marketing: if the block of text on cigarettes were removed, this could be a Freikorps recruiting ad.

Replaceable?

Historical ad; no free replacement exists or can be made

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current04:35, 30 September 2019Thumbnail for version as of 04:35, 30 September 2019244 × 410 (109 KB)Begoon (talk | contribs)reduce, per WP:NFC
02:26, 30 September 2019No thumbnail311 × 518 (35 KB)HLHJ (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

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