On September 4th the Fuhrer opened the second Winter Relief Drive. In his speech he assured the English that they could be confident that "We are coming!" For the last time he warned against the unscrupulous bombing of German workers' homes.
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On September 4th the Fuhrer opened the second Winter Relief Drive. In his speech he assured the English that they could be confident that "We are coming!" For the last time he warned against the unscrupulous bombing of German workers' homes.
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1940
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
Saluting
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Nazis
War rallies
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Germany
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Meetings
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Am 4. September eröffnete der Führer das 2. Kriegswinterhilfswerk. In seiner Rede versicherte er den Engländern, sie sollen sich beruhigen, wir kämen! Zum letztenmal warnte er vor der gewissenlosen Bombardierung deutscher Arbeiterwohnungen."
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Content: Hitler never kept his promise. On September 17, 1940 he officially "postponed" the planned invasion of England, Operation Sea Lion. With Germany's attack on Russia in June 1941, her energies were focused on the Eastern front and England was never again seriously under threat of invasion.
Source Note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e9b4230-c602-012f-2e13-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1940
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "On September 4th the Fuhrer opened the second Winter Relief Drive. In his speech he assured the English that they could be confident that "We are coming!" For the last time he warned against the unscrupulous bombing of German workers' homes." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e9b4230-c602-012f-2e13-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). On September 4th the Fuhrer opened the second Winter Relief Drive. In his speech he assured the English that they could be confident that "We are coming!" For the last time he warned against the unscrupulous bombing of German workers' homes. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e9b4230-c602-012f-2e13-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "On September 4th the Fuhrer opened the second Winter Relief Drive. In his speech he assured the English that they could be confident that "We are coming!" For the last time he warned against the unscrupulous bombing of German workers' homes." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e9b4230-c602-012f-2e13-58d385a7bc34
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