Art by Artur-AE

[artur-ae]

Popular uprising.

Historical background:
In the former GDR, increases in the performance targets for most jobs by the SED party led to a popular uprising. Workers in several large cities spontaneously stopped work. The uprising was crushed with the help of Soviet troops. Over 50 people lost their lives in the uprising. Some were sentenced to death by Soviet military courts and also by GDR courts. The sentences were carried out immediately. Hundreds were sentenced to imprisonment and disappeared into Siberian labor camps.

The scene (fictional story and image):
Lieschen Müller, a saleswoman in an outerwear store, spontaneously and without much thought painted a protest poster and took part in the demonstration. She was arrested by Stasi employees and taken in for questioning.

She was stripped completely naked and tied to a wooden chair. Electric clamps were attached to her breasts and genitals. The Stasi men laughed at the naive young woman and tortured her for hours with electric shocks of varying intensity.

Lieschen Müller disappeared for many years in a Siberian labor camp. After 1990, she was released as part of an exchange program.

[artur-ae]

Come to the army.

This is one of the worst advertising posters in the world!

But it could also become one of the most successful.

[wulf]

Come to the army.

This is one of the worst advertising posters in the world!

But it could also become one of the most successful.

Where do I sign up?