The Fuhrer visited a Luftwaffe air base and sat near the Christmas tree in the midst of the troops. He visited anti-aircraft positions in the Western Air Defense Zone, where a gunner presented him with a hand-carved wooden eagle
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The Fuhrer visited a Luftwaffe air base and sat near the Christmas tree in the midst of the troops. He visited anti-aircraft positions in the Western Air Defense Zone, where a gunner presented him with a hand-carved wooden eagle
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1939
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Eagles in art
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- German
Military officers -- German -- 1939-1945
Genres
Notes
Content: Blemishes on image.
Content: Picture caption: "So besuchte der Führer einem Fliegerhorst der deutschen Luftwaffe und sass beim Weihnachtsbaum mitten unter den Soldaten. Er besuchte Flakstellungen in der Luftverteidigungszone West, wo ein Flakschütze ihm einen handgeschnitzten Adler überreichte."
Content: A picture full of symbolism. Not only was the eagle the emblem of the Reich, it was also the insignia of the newly-created German Air Force, the Luftwaffe.
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): 782182b0-c601-012f-f602-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1939
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Fuhrer visited a Luftwaffe air base and sat near the Christmas tree in the midst of the troops. He visited anti-aircraft positions in the Western Air Defense Zone, where a gunner presented him with a hand-carved wooden eagle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/782182b0-c601-012f-f602-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). The Fuhrer visited a Luftwaffe air base and sat near the Christmas tree in the midst of the troops. He visited anti-aircraft positions in the Western Air Defense Zone, where a gunner presented him with a hand-carved wooden eagle Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/782182b0-c601-012f-f602-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Fuhrer visited a Luftwaffe air base and sat near the Christmas tree in the midst of the troops. He visited anti-aircraft positions in the Western Air Defense Zone, where a gunner presented him with a hand-carved wooden eagle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/782182b0-c601-012f-f602-58d385a7bc34
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