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German Democratic Republic Youth Week Invitation

Collection ID

PPR.010537

Type

Papers

Date

1979

Geography

Dippoldiswalde, (Germany)

Language

German

Medium

Ink and paint on paper

Dimensions

4.1 × 5.9 × .04 in. (10.5 × 15 × .01 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Hosted by Lutheran evangelist Theo Lehmann, this invitation advertises a week of events for the youth of Dippoldiswalde in the German Democratic Republic. The theme for the week was Jesus nur allein (Jesus alone). Churches in the German Democratic Republic did not have regular access to printing materials. To produce hundreds of invitations like this, they would have had to be handmade, often from repurposed material. To get the most use out of these limited materials, the back of the card encourages the person who receives it to bring as many people as they can and to pass the card along to others.

Created in 1979 by the Stadtkirche Dippoldiswalde, Dippoldiswalde, Germany; Acquired in 1979 by Joachim Ullrich, Ore Mountains, Germany; Donated in 2021 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

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