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[The targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals. Their air war policy was a cultural shame. They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.]

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Title
[The targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals. Their air war policy was a cultural shame. They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.]
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
Porches
Vines
Abandoned buildings
Houses -- Germany
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Die Angriffsziele dieser Engländer waren friedliche Bauerndörfer, Schulen und Lazarette. Ihre "Luftkriegsführung" war eine Kulturschande. Sie scheuten sich nicht einmal, auf das Goethe-Gartenhaus in Weimar und das Bismarck-Mausoleum in Friedrichsruh zu zielen."
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): 14c2c340-c602-012f-c65c-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 targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals. Their air war policy was a cultural shame. They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5e3-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[The targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals. Their air war policy was a cultural shame. They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5e3-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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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 targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals. Their air war policy was a cultural shame. They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.] Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5e3-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5e3-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93 | title= (still image) [The targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals. Their air war policy was a cultural shame. They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.], (1940) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 23, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[The targets of the English were peaceful farming villages, schools and hospitals.  Their air war policy was a cultural shame.  They weren't even afraid to target Goethe's garden house in Weimar and Bismarck's mausoleum in Friedrichsruh.]