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[The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold. But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises. Here an infantry gun is brought into position.]

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Title
[The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold. But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises. Here an infantry gun is brought into position.]
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
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
World War, 1914-1918 -- Military personnel -- German -- Poland
Armies -- German -- 1900-1999
Winter warfare
Military maneuvers
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
Armies -- German -- Poland
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Die polnischen Schlachtfelder deckt bei grimmiger kälte hoher Schnee. Aber das alles hindert nicht, dieBesatzungstruppen in Generalgouvernment in der Übung zu halten. Hier wird ein Infanteriegeschütz in Stellung gebracht."
Content: The General Government was the central, German-controlled portion of Poland left after its western and eastern borders had been occupied by the Germans and Russians, repectively.
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): d76c9910-c601-012f-2f10-58d385a7bc34
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. "[The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold. But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises. Here an infantry gun is brought into position.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4536-5a5d-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. "[The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold. But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises. Here an infantry gun is brought into position.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4536-5a5d-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). [The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold. But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises. Here an infantry gun is brought into position.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4536-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4536-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f | title= (still image) [The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold. But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises. Here an infantry gun is brought into position.], (1940) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[The Polish battlefields are covered with deep snow in the bitter cold.  But this doesn't stop the occupation troops in the General Government from going on exercises.  Here an infantry gun is brought into position.]