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In Dortmund, Rudolf Hess performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest housing development in Europe. A home for more than 20,000 citizens will be created here.

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Title
In Dortmund, Rudolf Hess performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest housing development in Europe. A home for more than 20,000 citizens will be created here.
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
Nazis
Ground breaking ceremonies
Hess, Rudolf, 1894-1987
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Blemishes on image.
Content: Picture caption: "In Dortmund vollzieht Rudolf Heß den ersten Spatenstich zur größten Siedlung Europas. Für mehr als 20 000 Volksgenossen wird hier eine Heimstätte geschaffen."
Content: See also Image ID: 3975601.
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): aef66d50-c601-012f-4e11-58d385a7bc34
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. "In Dortmund, Rudolf Hess performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest housing development in Europe. A home for more than 20,000 citizens will be created here." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fcbc-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "In Dortmund, Rudolf Hess performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest housing development in Europe. A home for more than 20,000 citizens will be created here." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fcbc-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). In Dortmund, Rudolf Hess performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest housing development in Europe. A home for more than 20,000 citizens will be created here. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fcbc-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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In Dortmund, Rudolf Hess performs the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest housing development in Europe.  A home for more than 20,000 citizens will be created here.