("Weekly Quotation of the Nazi Party") was a

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published by the

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between 1937 and 1944, displaying quotations, mostly from Nazi leaders. About 1,100 issues were published. Some were issued by the and others by local party organizations in each Gau. Along with Nazi leaders, the posters also quoted famous Germans from history, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl von Clausewitz,

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898; born ''Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck'') was a Prussian statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany. Bismarck ...

, and

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

. The posters were displayed in many public locations including town halls, restaurants, doctor's offices, offices, schools or companies. Historian

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estimates that 32.5 million copies were printed in total from September 1939 to when the periodical was discontinued. The purpose of the publication was to educate Germans about Nazi ideals and values, especially those who did not take advantage of the party's indoctrination sessions. Initially, they were often printed in

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type, but this changed in later editions. Anti-Nazi diarist

Friedrich Kellner August Friedrich Kellner (1 February 1885 – 4 November 1970) was a German mid-level official and diarist who worked as a justice inspector in Laubach from 1933 to 1945. Kellner was an infantryman in a Hessian regiment during the First Wor ...

noted that it was printed on high-quality paper despite shortages which necessitated rationing. On 5 March 1939, the quoted

Heinrich von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays '' Das Käthchen von Heilbronn'', ''The Broken Jug'', '' ...

as saying, "As long as a single enemy defiantly resists in Germany, my duty is hatred and my virtue revenge!"

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