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Bunker after bunker, defense line after defense line, fortress after fortress falls into the hands of the Germans. Here German troops march into the conquered fortress of Maubeuge.

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Title
Bunker after bunker, defense line after defense line, fortress after fortress falls into the hands of the Germans. Here German troops march into the conquered fortress of Maubeuge.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

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

1940

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Bunker auf Bunker, Verteidigungslinie auf Verteidigungslinie, Festung auf Festung fielen den Deutschen in die Hand. So marschierten die deutschen Truppen in die eroberte Festung Maubeuge ein."
Content: Much of the town center of Maubeuge, a famous French fortress city, was destroyed during the fighting in 1940.
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): d25b1740-c601-012f-96a6-58d385a7bc34
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
  • 1940: 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. "Bunker after bunker, defense line after defense line, fortress after fortress falls into the hands of the Germans. Here German troops march into the conquered fortress of Maubeuge." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-452b-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Bunker after bunker, defense line after defense line, fortress after fortress falls into the hands of the Germans. Here German troops march into the conquered fortress of Maubeuge." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-452b-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Bunker after bunker, defense line after defense line, fortress after fortress falls into the hands of the Germans. Here German troops march into the conquered fortress of Maubeuge. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-452b-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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Bunker after bunker, defense line after defense line, fortress after fortress falls into the hands of the Germans.  Here German troops march into the conquered fortress of Maubeuge.