The Fuhrer and Grand Admiral Raeder on the way to the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship "Tirpitz" from the Navy building yard at Wilhemshaven
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Title
The Fuhrer and Grand Admiral Raeder on the way to the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship "Tirpitz" from the Navy building yard at Wilhemshaven
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
Naval yards & naval stations
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Launchings
Sailors -- German -- 1939-1945
Military officers -- German -- 1939-1945
Raeder, Erich, 1876-1960
Navies -- German
Germany. Kriegsmarine
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Der Führer und Generaladmiral Raeder auf dem Weg zum Stapellauf des 35 000-Tonnen-Schlachtschiffes "Tirpitz" auf der Kriegsmarinewerft von Wilhelmshaven."
Content: The "Tirpitz" was named after the admiral who had built up the German navy before World War I, and was a sister ship of the "Bismarck".
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): 8401e810-c601-012f-d172-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
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 and Grand Admiral Raeder on the way to the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship "Tirpitz" from the Navy building yard at Wilhemshaven" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8401e810-c601-012f-d172-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). The Fuhrer and Grand Admiral Raeder on the way to the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship "Tirpitz" from the Navy building yard at Wilhemshaven Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8401e810-c601-012f-d172-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Fuhrer and Grand Admiral Raeder on the way to the launching of the 35,000-ton battleship "Tirpitz" from the Navy building yard at Wilhemshaven" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8401e810-c601-012f-d172-58d385a7bc34
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