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[ ...the operating room destroyed and the maternity ward heavily damaged. Again women and children are sacrificed to this criminal way of war.]

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Title
[ ...the operating room destroyed and the maternity ward heavily damaged. Again women and children are sacrificed to this criminal way of war.]
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
War damage -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Cf. image ID 3956122.
Content: Picture caption: "... den Operationssaal zerstörten und auch in einem Wöchnerinnenheim schwere Verwüstungen anrichteten. Wieder fielen Frauen und Kinder dieser verbrecherischen Kriegsführung zum Opfer."
Content: Many early war bombing raids took place at night, when it was hard to even approach accuracy when attacking a target. Occurrences like this, though unintended, were unfortunately common.
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): ff4a5030-c601-012f-fbb3-58d385a7bc34
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 operating room destroyed and the maternity ward heavily damaged. Again women and children are sacrificed to this criminal way of war.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-ead4-3a32-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 operating room destroyed and the maternity ward heavily damaged. Again women and children are sacrificed to this criminal way of war.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-ead4-3a32-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 operating room destroyed and the maternity ward heavily damaged. Again women and children are sacrificed to this criminal way of war.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-ead4-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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[ ...the operating room destroyed and the maternity ward heavily damaged. Again women and children are sacrificed to this criminal way of war.]