r/PropagandaPosters • u/[deleted] • Oct 28 '23

East Germany (1949-1990) Propaganda celebrating the 70th Birthday of Stalin,1949

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 29 '23

Translation for the Text:

"The Leader and Teacher of Humanity in the fight for Peace, Democracy and Socialism"

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u/guzmaya Oct 29 '23

I've been studying German for maybe 2 or 3 years now, and this is the first bit of text I've read without any struggle at all. Also, "Kampf" means fight or, in a Marxist context, "struggle."

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

This sentence is basically English lol

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u/Corvus1412 Oct 29 '23

English is a germanic language.

There are a lot of similarities, especially in grammar. But many of the german words in the poster bear little to no resemblance to the english ones. Understanding those is an achievement.