German WWII Berlin Home Front Seed Collection Poster | Wartime Oil & Fat Conservation Campaign

Rare German WWII-era home front conservation poster issued in Berlin by the Kriegsausschuß für Öle und Fette, or Wartime Committee for Oils and Fats. Produced during the 1939-1945 wartime period, the poster called upon civilians to collect fruit pits and seeds for the production of cooking oil.

The principal message translates to "Collect fruit pits for oil extraction! Every seed is important!" The poster explains that 1,000 kilograms of stone fruit pits could yield approximately 50 kilograms of cooking oil and directs civilians to bring cleaned, dried, and sorted seeds to local collection points.

The collection program included cherry, plum, apricot, pumpkin, lemon, and orange seeds or pits, with participating collection points paying 10 pfennigs per kilogram for qualifying material. The poster offers a direct glimpse into wartime resource conservation and the increasingly organized effort to recover useful materials from civilian households.

As a surviving piece of German home front ephemera, this poster provides compelling historical insight into the economic pressures, rationing measures, and material-recovery campaigns that shaped everyday civilian life during the Second World War.

Highlights

• Original German WWII-era home front poster
• Issued by the Kriegsausschuß für Öle und Fette, Berlin
• Calls for collection of fruit pits and seeds
• Intended for cooking oil production
• Offers 10 pfennigs per kilogram for cleaned and sorted material
• Covers cherry, plum, apricot, pumpkin, lemon, and orange seeds
• Professionally framed
• Rare wartime civilian conservation material

Condition

The poster is described as being in very good condition and has been professionally framed for preservation and display. Please review all photographs carefully for the precise condition of the paper, printing, coloration, margins, matting, and frame.

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