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[...German bombs fall on strategic installations. What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames. London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".]

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Title
[...German bombs fall on strategic installations. What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames. London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".]
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
Thames River (England)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "...sielen die deutschen Bomben auf kriegwichtige Anlagen. Was auf dieser Bildern noch stattliche Bauten und riesige Anlagen sind, war 48 Stunden später ein einziges Meer von Trümmern und Bränden. London erlebte "apokalyptische Nächte", wie ein neutraler Korrespondent es nannte."
Content: This picture's caption continues one from another photo. (Image no. 3956133)
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): c93e1ac0-c601-012f-4e3b-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. "[...German bombs fall on strategic installations. What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames. London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4519-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[...German bombs fall on strategic installations. What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames. London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4519-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). [...German bombs fall on strategic installations. What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames. London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4519-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4519-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f | title= (still image) [...German bombs fall on strategic installations. What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames. London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".], (1940) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 19, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[...German bombs fall on strategic installations.  What show up in this picture as massive structures and huge complexes were, 48 hours later, an unbroken sea of rubble and flames.  London lived through what a neutral corrspondent called "apocalyptic nights".]