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[A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag. Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.]

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Title
[A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag. Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.]
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1942

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1942
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1942
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Barbed wire
Boundaries
Atlantic Wall (France and Belgium)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Blemishes on image.
Content: Picture caption: "Es war stille Zeit an der Front, aber die Wacht im Westen ermüdet nicht. Schwerer Frost bereiste die Stacheldrähte, hinter ihnen stehen überall deutsche Spähposten mit dem sichernden Blick ins Feindesland."
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): 3539b520-c602-012f-a5d5-58d385a7bc34
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
  • 1942: 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. "[A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag. Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a06c-1520-e040-e00a180669b4

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag. Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a06c-1520-e040-e00a180669b4

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). [A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag. Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a06c-1520-e040-e00a180669b4

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a06c-1520-e040-e00a180669b4 | title= (still image) [A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag. Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.], (1942) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[A quiet time at the Front, but the watch in the West does not flag.  Heavy frost hangs on the barbed wire, behind which are German observation posts in every direction with a commanding view into enemy territory.]