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[...homes of innocent civilians were victim of this criminal conduct of war. They did not hit military installations.]

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Title
[...homes of innocent civilians were victim of this criminal conduct of war. They did not hit military installations.]
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
War damage -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction & pillage -- Germany
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "...Wohnhäuser der friedlichen Zivilbevölkerung waren das Opfer dieser verbrecherischen Kriegsführung. Militärische Anlagen trafen sie nicht."
Content: Both sides in the war played up incidents like this to convince their populations (and neutral nations) that their enemies were wicked and would stop at nothing to win.
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): 991bee70-c601-012f-e7b1-58d385a7bc34
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. "[...homes of innocent civilians were victim of this criminal conduct of war. They did not hit military installations.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc8c-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[...homes of innocent civilians were victim of this criminal conduct of war. They did not hit military installations.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc8c-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). [...homes of innocent civilians were victim of this criminal conduct of war. They did not hit military installations.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc8c-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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[...homes of innocent civilians were victim of this criminal conduct of war.  They did not hit military installations.]