File:SA Sturm Cigarette Company ad.jpg

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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

http://frenzy.chez.com/tabac_bur.htm

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

The company went bankrupt in 1935, after the Night of the Long Knives. Use in histories would be fair use, and most other use would be illegal in most jurisdictions. The author's heirs, if aware of their status, are unlikely to want to sell the image.
File was previously uploaded in error as PD; see Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Sturm Cigarette Company.

This image appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 10 October 2018 (see archives).

Wikipedia

Non-free media rationale for Sturm Cigarette Company
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

Non-free media rationale for Anti-tobacco movement in Nazi Germany
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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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:35, 30 September 2019		244 × 410 (109 KB)	Begoon (talk \| contribs)	reduce, per WP:NFC
	02:26, 30 September 2019	No thumbnail	311 × 518 (35 KB)	HLHJ (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

Width	311 px
Height	518 px
Bits per component	8 8 8
Pixel composition	RGB
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	150 dpi
Vertical resolution	150 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
File change date and time	14:35, 30 September 2019
Exif version	2.21
Color space	Uncalibrated
Unique ID of original document	3B29CB55E1DCA0F2A9CF8129436D7BA1
Date and time of digitizing	00:18, 1 October 2019
Date metadata was last modified	00:35, 1 October 2019

File:SA Sturm Cigarette Company ad.jpg

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