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Representatives of the foreign press get to know the German KdF-Car (Volkswagen) and the Reich highways.

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Title
Representatives of the foreign press get to know the German KdF-Car (Volkswagen) and the Reich highways.
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
Automobiles -- 1930-1939
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Ausländische Pressevertreter lernen den deutschen Kd F.-Wagen und die deutschen Reichsautobahnen kennen."
Content: This is the original "Beetle". KdF is "Kraft durch Freude" (Strength through Joy), the name of an organization devoted to workers' welfare and entertainment. Germans could set aside money from each paycheck to buy stamps to paste in a booklet which, when filled, could be redeemed for one of these little cars.
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): 8551be70-c601-012f-bd9e-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. "Representatives of the foreign press get to know the German KdF-Car (Volkswagen) and the Reich highways." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab73-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Representatives of the foreign press get to know the German KdF-Car (Volkswagen) and the Reich highways." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab73-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). Representatives of the foreign press get to know the German KdF-Car (Volkswagen) and the Reich highways. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ad8bf4f8-ab73-1f4b-e040-e00a18061930

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Representatives of the foreign press get to know the German KdF-Car (Volkswagen) and the Reich highways.