Our Africa fighters advancing in the desert. At left is the staff doctor in his Volkswagen, where he can always be found doing his duty in the most forward lines.
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Title
Our Africa fighters advancing in the desert. At left is the staff doctor in his Volkswagen, where he can always be found doing his duty in the most forward lines.
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1942
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1942
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1942
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
military vehicles -- German -- 1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- German -- Africa, North
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Unsere Afrikakämpfer auf dem Vormarsch in der Wüste. Links der Stabsarzt im Volkswagen, der ebenfalls überall in vorderster Linie deinen Dienst versteht."
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
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2d6f1710-c602-012f-c6e4-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1942
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Our Africa fighters advancing in the desert. At left is the staff doctor in his Volkswagen, where he can always be found doing his duty in the most forward lines." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d6f1710-c602-012f-c6e4-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). Our Africa fighters advancing in the desert. At left is the staff doctor in his Volkswagen, where he can always be found doing his duty in the most forward lines. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d6f1710-c602-012f-c6e4-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Our Africa fighters advancing in the desert. At left is the staff doctor in his Volkswagen, where he can always be found doing his duty in the most forward lines." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d6f1710-c602-012f-c6e4-58d385a7bc34
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