Figures & data
Figure 1. Propaganda poster by the Reichskommissar für Altmaterialverwertung (1940) for waste paper recovery with the slogan ‘Collecting used paper helps conserve the German wood.’ Below, the poster explains that 20 tons of waste paper ‘save’ 66 cubic metres of wood. On the left, oak trees are pictured, next to the common fast-growing spruce.
Source: Deutsches Historisches Museum (Berlin; PLI25620).
Figure 2. Didactic propaganda drawing of the Reichskommissariat für Altmaterialverwertung on ‘The Raw Material Rag’ for use in school teaching. Similar flow charts existed for scrap iron, waste paper, and bones.
Source: Reichskommissar für Altmaterialverwertung (Citation1940c).
