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Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay. In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks. The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses.

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Title
Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay. In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks. The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1939

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Storefronts
Vandalism
Antisemitism
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945
Bratislava (Slovakia)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: To justify the upcoming occupation, German propaganda tries to make the case that Czechoslovakia is in turmoil and the Czechs cannot even rule their own country. The mention of smashed Jewish shop windows is ironic in light of the "Kristallnacht" attacks in Germany only a few months before.
Content: Picture caption: "Die Tschechoslowakei gerät immer mehr in eine Verfallskrise. In Pressburg kommt es zu ernsten Zwischenfällen zwischen Tschechen und Slowaken. Die Slowaken zertrümmern die Schaufenster sämtlicher jüdischer Geschäfte."
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): 735e7100-c601-012f-3220-58d385a7bc34
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
  • 1939: 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. "Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay. In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks. The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab4d-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay. In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks. The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab4d-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay. In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks. The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab4d-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay.  In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks.  The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses.