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War's campaign has ended -- peace's rebuilding goes forward in what used to be Poland with redoubled effort. Emergency crews of technicians rebuild roads and bridges to maintain the flow of traffic.

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Title
War's campaign has ended -- peace's rebuilding goes forward in what used to be Poland with redoubled effort. Emergency crews of technicians rebuild roads and bridges to maintain the flow of traffic.
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
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
War damage
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Blemishes on image.
Content: Picture caption: "Der kriegerliche Feldzug ist beendet -- der Feldzug friedlicher Aufbauarbeit geht im ehemaligen Polen mit doppelter kraft weiter. Männer der Technischen Nothilfe setzen Straßen und Brücken wieder für den Verkehr instand."
Content: The Nazis always had divided opinions about making improvements to Poland's infrastructure. While wanting to keep the country poor and backward, they also planned to build modern highways across it linking the Reich to German settlements in the conquered Eastern territories.
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): a530b300-c601-012f-f4e6-58d385a7bc34
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. "War's campaign has ended -- peace's rebuilding goes forward in what used to be Poland with redoubled effort. Emergency crews of technicians rebuild roads and bridges to maintain the flow of traffic." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fca6-0cb7-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. "War's campaign has ended -- peace's rebuilding goes forward in what used to be Poland with redoubled effort. Emergency crews of technicians rebuild roads and bridges to maintain the flow of traffic." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fca6-0cb7-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). War's campaign has ended -- peace's rebuilding goes forward in what used to be Poland with redoubled effort. Emergency crews of technicians rebuild roads and bridges to maintain the flow of traffic. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fca6-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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War's campaign has ended -- peace's rebuilding goes forward in what used to be Poland with redoubled effort.  Emergency crews of technicians rebuild roads and bridges to maintain the flow of traffic.