7. Bundesversammlung der Menschen mit HIV und AIDS. Der Kongress tanzt. Abschlussfest am 31.8.1996 im Haus Leipzig ab 20.30 Uhr. Elsterstrasse 22-24, 04109 Leipzig. Eintritt: DM 15.-. Powern statt mauern. Gestaltung und Produktion: b + d, Leipzig
Translation of lettering: "7th national gathering of people with HIV and AIDS. The Congress is dancing. Closing party on 31.8.1996 in Haus Leipzig [local restaurant] at 20.30. Entry: DM 15.-. Design and production: b + d, Leipzig"
Bears logo of Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V: a stylised capital "A", in which a strong upright shaft supports an inclined or falling slender shaft, representing help
Bears logo of: AIDS-Hilfe Leipzig eV
Bears logo of national lottery Tombola advertising the main prize: 'Hauptpreis: 14 Tage Florida für 2 Personen' [14 days in Florida for 2 people]
"Der Kongress tanzt" (The Congress is dancing) is an allusion to a romantic comedy film about the 1815 Congress of Vienna, made in 1931. "Powern statt Mauern" appears to be a slogan coined by the West German rock singer Udo Lindenberg, who, before and after the unification of Germany in 1990, expressed his concern for East Germany (DDR, German Democratic Republic) in a number of ways. It could mean "Powers instead of walls", i.e. instead of the Berlin Wall which symbolised the divison between East and West Germany, 'Powern' being a neologism coined by adding a German plural ending '-n' to the English word, mainly to make it rhyme. Lindenburg had issued an album "Live in Leipzig" in 1990