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Faced with the complete superiority of the German army, Warsaw felt compelled to surrender. In the Skoda motor works--eight kilometers from Warsaw--the surrender negotiations for the former Polish capital city take place under the auspices of General Blaskowitz.

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Title
Faced with the complete superiority of the German army, Warsaw felt compelled to surrender. In the Skoda motor works--eight kilometers from Warsaw--the surrender negotiations for the former Polish capital city take place under the auspices of General Blaskowitz.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1939

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Railroad cars
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Generals -- German
Surrenders
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- German
Military officers -- German -- 1939-1945
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "In Anerkennung der absoluten Ueberlegenheit der deutschen Wehrmacht sieht sich Warschau zur Uebergabe gezwungen. In den Skoda-Motorenwerken--acht kilometer vor Warschau--finden die Uebergabeverhandlungen der ehemaligen polnischen Hauptstadt unter Leitung von General Blaskowitz statt."
Content: The Polish officers sit with their backs to the camera, the one on the left wearing the traditional Polish soldier's hat ("czapka") with its four-pointed crown. Skoda is a Czech industrial firm which produces heavy machinery and vehicles.
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7997b000-c601-012f-1b01-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1939: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Faced with the complete superiority of the German army, Warsaw felt compelled to surrender. In the Skoda motor works--eight kilometers from Warsaw--the surrender negotiations for the former Polish capital city take place under the auspices of General Blaskowitz." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab5a-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Faced with the complete superiority of the German army, Warsaw felt compelled to surrender. In the Skoda motor works--eight kilometers from Warsaw--the surrender negotiations for the former Polish capital city take place under the auspices of General Blaskowitz." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab5a-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Faced with the complete superiority of the German army, Warsaw felt compelled to surrender. In the Skoda motor works--eight kilometers from Warsaw--the surrender negotiations for the former Polish capital city take place under the auspices of General Blaskowitz. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab5a-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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Faced with the complete superiority of the German army, Warsaw felt compelled to surrender.  In the Skoda motor works--eight kilometers from Warsaw--the surrender negotiations for the former Polish capital city take place under the auspices of General Blaskowitz.