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"Chile at Heart"

This poster presents over 90 posters created by GDR artists reflecting the former East Germany's international solidarity with Chile, and its president, Salvador Allende.

• Salvador Allende and the Popular Unity Government
• The Pinochet Regime
• International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT)
• The Disappearances
• Victor Jara
• Pablo Neruda

"We will triumph! Popular Unity"

This GDR poster shows support for the Popular Unity political movement and Salvador Allende's governing platform. The Chilean flag flies behind the raised fist.

"People, united, will never be defeated! We will triumph."

This phrase is very common as a chant during political marches.

"Let's make this year the year of victory!"

"Put an end to the dictator in Chile! Democracy now!"

This poster encourages East German citizens to dontate funds towards maintaining democracy in Chile. The Chilean flag is breaking an iron chain which is labeled "US steel."

"Chile! Help!"

This poster integrates the German word for "help" into the word "Chile."

"Chile: 12 September 1973"

September 12, 1973 is the day immediately following the military coup. The image suggests a person running amongst fallen bodies and flames, with a distorted Chilean flag--blue and white with a red star, rather than the normal red and white with a white star on a blue background, above her.

"The people will triumph!"

"For Violeta Parra"

Violeta Parra is a famous Chilean folk singer, extremely popular in the 1970's for her song, "Gracias a la Vida," or "Thanks to Life."

"Children in the night I (for Gabriela Mistral)"

Gabriela Mistral was the first Chilean and the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1941. Her poems often describe children and their sufferings.

Last modified: June 27, 2005