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On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch. The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people. With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year.

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On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch. The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people. With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year.
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
Winter
Guards
Border patrols
Boundaries
Evergreens
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- German
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
Silhouettes
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Blemishes on image.
Content: Picture caption: "In den Grenzen und Fronten des winterlichen, weihnachtlichen Reiches hielt die Wehrmacht ernste Wacht. Die Sicherheit und Entschloffenheit dieser ungenannten Wachtposten in ihrem harten Dienst strömte wie eine Kraft durch das ganze deutsch Volk. Im Gefühl dieser Sicherheit und Entschloffenheit ging Grossdeutschland in das neue Jahr."
Content: After the fall of Poland, the war seemed to come to a halt as both Axis and Allies considered their options and plans. This time, called the "Sitzkrieg" or "Phoney War", included one of the coldest winters ever seen in Europe.
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): 76affca0-c601-012f-1e4f-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. "On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch. The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people. With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab54-1f4b-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. "On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch. The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people. With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab54-1f4b-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). On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch. The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people. With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab54-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch.  The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people.  With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year.