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[The Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there. For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.]

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Title
[The Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there. For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.]
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
Boring
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Die Westfront ist nicht erstarrt; denn die deutsche Wehrmacht arbeitet Tag für Tag an der Verstärkung der Besestigungsanlagen. Hier wird z.B. in einen Berg am Oberrhein ein Stollen mit den modernsten Bohrmaschinen vorgetrieben."
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Content: This might be a posed picture because, in spite of the "modern drilling equipment", the soldier-miner has no helmet or eye protection.
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): dc196740-c601-012f-b93c-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 Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there. For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4540-5a5d-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. "[The Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there. For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4540-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). [The Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there. For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4540-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4540-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f | title= (still image) [The Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there. For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.], (1940) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=March 29, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[The Western Front is not static; the German Army works day by day on the strengthening of the defensive works there.  For example, in a mountain on the upper Rhine a mine gallery is pushed forward with modern drilling equipment.]