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Under the influence of the English warmongers Warsaw was transformed into a fortress with the help of its agitated people. German infantry in the suburbs of the Polish capital city, behind streetcars and under cover of trenches, waits for our tanks to suppress Polish machine gun nests.

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Title
Under the influence of the English warmongers Warsaw was transformed into a fortress with the help of its agitated people. German infantry in the suburbs of the Polish capital city, behind streetcars and under cover of trenches, waits for our tanks to suppress Polish machine gun nests.
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
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Trench warfare
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
Troop movements -- German -- Poland -- 1939-1945
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Unter dem Einsluss der englischen Kriegstreiber wurde Warschau mit Hilfe der verhetzten Bevölkerung in eine Festung verwandelt. In den Vorstädten der polnischen Hauptstadt erwartet deutsch Infanterie, gedeckt durch Strassenbahnen und in Schützengräben, das Niederkämpfen der polnische MG-Nester durch unsere Panzer."
Content: The beautiful old city of Warsaw was under siege for weeks. Thousands of Polish civilians had been killed by bombing and artillery fire before the German army moved into the suburbs to attack the city's defenses.
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): 7a168220-c601-012f-8ab7-58d385a7bc34
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. "Under the influence of the English warmongers Warsaw was transformed into a fortress with the help of its agitated people. German infantry in the suburbs of the Polish capital city, behind streetcars and under cover of trenches, waits for our tanks to suppress Polish machine gun nests." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab5b-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Under the influence of the English warmongers Warsaw was transformed into a fortress with the help of its agitated people. German infantry in the suburbs of the Polish capital city, behind streetcars and under cover of trenches, waits for our tanks to suppress Polish machine gun nests." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab5b-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Under the influence of the English warmongers Warsaw was transformed into a fortress with the help of its agitated people. German infantry in the suburbs of the Polish capital city, behind streetcars and under cover of trenches, waits for our tanks to suppress Polish machine gun nests. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab5b-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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Under the influence of the English warmongers Warsaw was transformed into a fortress with the help of its agitated people.  German infantry in the suburbs of the Polish capital city, behind streetcars and under cover of trenches, waits for our tanks to suppress Polish machine gun nests.