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Radio Free Berlin, Concert poster designed by Hans Förtsch and Sigrid von Baumgarten C

The Publicity of Radio Free Berlin, Text by Franz-Hermann Wills, 1966

The transformation of Radio Free Berlin’s publicity from dark and provincial to striking and imaginative. Cultural announcements and radio programs designed by Hans Förtsch, Sigrid von Baumgarten, and Reinhart Braun

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