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[The German soldier knows why he is in the field. He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news. So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.]

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Title
[The German soldier knows why he is in the field. He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news. So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.]
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
Newspapers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- German
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military life -- German
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Der deutsche Soldat weiß, wofür er in das Feld gezogen ist. Er kennt die Gründe dieses Kampfes und hungert nach Nachrichten. Jede neue Soldatenzeitung wird daher gründlich studiert."
Content: Blemishes on image.
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): fa129770-c601-012f-11ab-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 German soldier knows why he is in the field. He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news. So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eac9-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "[The German soldier knows why he is in the field. He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news. So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eac9-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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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 German soldier knows why he is in the field. He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news. So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eac9-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eac9-3a32-e040-e00a18064701 | title= (still image) [The German soldier knows why he is in the field. He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news. So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.], (1940) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 27, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

[The German soldier knows why he is in the field.  He knows the reasons for this war and hungers after news.  So every soldier's newspaper is carefully studied.]