Rebellious Farmers

Rebellious Farmers

Photograph

Erich Lessing

Maker
Austrian, 1923–2018

Rebellious Farmers

East Germans – Behind the Wall


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.9 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0052
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso C: 9/61 11) REBELLIOUS FARMERS on a collective farm at \ Sehlis discuss the next year's plan. Chairman of the \ Board Manfred Blankenburg (left) is complaining that the \ high production figures set by the State are forcing \ neighbors to work on the farm in order to fulfill the District's total plan. \ Credit: Erich LEssing © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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