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[The duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.]

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Title
[The duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.]
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
Seas
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German
Warships -- German
Fast attack craft
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Schwer ist der Dienst der deutschen Vorpostenboote, die unermüdlich bei grober See und schweren Winterstürmen als weit vorgeschobene Posten die deutschen Seewege sichern."
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): da590010-c601-012f-1c36-58d385a7bc34
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 duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-453c-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 duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-453c-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 duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-453c-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-453c-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f | title= (still image) [The duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.], (1940) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[The duties of the German patrol boats are difficult, as they tirelessly battle high seas and winter storms on their far-flung posts to keep the German sea lanes safe.]