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[The great air defense drill in Berlin demonstrated the perfect discipline of the capital's population. In our picture, air raid wardens carry out "two dead" during the practice.]

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Title
[The great air defense drill in Berlin demonstrated the perfect discipline of the capital's population. In our picture, air raid wardens carry out "two dead" during the practice.]
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
Civil defense
Preparedness
Air raid drills
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Nothing in this neat and orderly picture hints at the chaos, destruction and sheer terror that were to be experienced in the real air raids that were to come.
Content: Picture caption: "Die große Luftschutzübung in Berlin beweist die mustergütige Diziplin der Bevölkerung der Reichshauptstadt. Auf unserem Bild transportieren Luftschutzwarte 'zwei Tote' während der Übung ab."
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): a261a920-c601-012f-85e7-58d385a7bc34
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. "[The great air defense drill in Berlin demonstrated the perfect discipline of the capital's population. In our picture, air raid wardens carry out "two dead" during the practice.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fca0-0cb7-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. "[The great air defense drill in Berlin demonstrated the perfect discipline of the capital's population. In our picture, air raid wardens carry out "two dead" during the practice.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fca0-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). [The great air defense drill in Berlin demonstrated the perfect discipline of the capital's population. In our picture, air raid wardens carry out "two dead" during the practice.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fca0-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

Wikipedia Citation

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[The great air defense drill in Berlin demonstrated the perfect discipline of the capital's population.  In our picture, air raid wardens carry out "two dead" during the practice.]