Most populous city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Two young men, one standing the other sitting beside a blank hording for a poster; they explain why they won't give AIDS a chance; an advertisement about AIDS and youths by Federal Agency for Clear Health, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph, 1988.

Achema VII : Feugblatt Nr. 1 / Fr. Hildebrandt.

Je dringlicher die Fragen... : ...umso wichtiger die Antworten! / SCHWIPS, Psychosoziale Beratung & Betreuung.

British soldiers inset above a view of the Rhine at Cologne. Photographic postcard, 1919.

A collage of letters, tickets, records etc. representing family relations, memories and time spent together for people affected in different ways by AIDS. Colour lithograph after C. Padberg, 1994.

Four young people next to a big poster providing safe sex advice, and discussing its message. Colour lithograph, 1988.

The words "AIDS-Help Self-Help" against a painted blue background with information on a public hearing in Cologne organised by AIDS-Hilfe NRW e.V. Colour lithograph, 1992.

A warning about the hazardous and the non-hazardous practices in relation to the transmission of AIDS issued by the Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit [Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health]. Colour lithograph.

A small pinned AIDS red ribbon against a white background representing an advertisement for World AIDS Day 1 December. Colour lithograph by Kathrin Bartelheim.

A shimmering pink and a yellow heart shape with the words: "Herzenslust Positive Begegnungen mit HIV" ['Hearts Positive' encounters with HIV] and a list of supporting people for the project organised by the AIDS-Hilfe NRW e.V. and supported by FIRST. Colour lithograph.

The sun wearing a headband with a star, against a backdrop of hearts; advertising a Christopher Street Day Gala in Cologne on 7 July 1995. Colour lithograph by Gerhard Malcherek, 1995.

Du! : wir suchen noch Ehrenamtler / Check Up, Kölns schwule Gesundheitsagentur.

Namenlos doch nicht vergessen : in Köln sind schon mehr als einhundert Menschen an AIDS verstorben. Wir wollen sie nicht vergessen : Gedenkveranstaltung am 4. Juni 1988 auf dem Heinrich-Böll-Platz / AIDS-Hilfe Köln.

Der Kölner Domschatz / Walter Schulten ; mit Aufnahmen von Rainer Gaertner.

The most important facts about AIDS: how it is contracted and how it cannot be contracted. Colour lithograph, 199-.

Fabrystudien.

[Illuminated address to Pope Pius IX, requesting his assistance towards the completion of Cologne Cathedral. Begins] Pio IX. Sanctissime Pater, Colonia a Romanis originem ducens.

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[Illuminated address to Pope Pius IX, requesting his assistance towards the completion of Cologne Cathedral. Begins] Pio IX. Sanctissime Pater, Colonia a Romanis originem ducens.

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[Illuminated address to Pope Pius IX, requesting his assistance towards the completion of Cologne Cathedral. Begins] Pio IX. Sanctissime Pater, Colonia a Romanis originem ducens.

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