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Life in France has returned to its normal routine under the German occupation, and the occupation troops helped to make it so. Our picture shows German soldiers studying a newspaper from home on the "Place de la Concorde" in Paris.

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Title
Life in France has returned to its normal routine under the German occupation, and the occupation troops helped to make it so. Our picture shows German soldiers studying a newspaper from home on the "Place de la Concorde" in Paris.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

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

1940

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Place de la Concorde (Paris, France)
Newspapers
Military occupations
City & town life -- France -- Paris
military vehicles -- German -- 1900-1999
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military life -- German
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Unter der deutschen Besetzung fand das Leben in Frankreich wieder in normale Bahnen züruck, und die deutschen Besatzungstruppen griffen mit ordnender Hand ein. Unser Bild zeigt deutsche Soldaten beim Studium ihrer Heimatzeitung auf dem 'Place de la Concorde' in Paris."
Content: The picture is careful not to show any of the numerous German Army directional signs which became such a feature of Paris under the Occupation.
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): de8f95e0-c601-012f-292b-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
  • 1940: 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. "Life in France has returned to its normal routine under the German occupation, and the occupation troops helped to make it so. Our picture shows German soldiers studying a newspaper from home on the "Place de la Concorde" in Paris." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4545-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Life in France has returned to its normal routine under the German occupation, and the occupation troops helped to make it so. Our picture shows German soldiers studying a newspaper from home on the "Place de la Concorde" in Paris." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4545-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Life in France has returned to its normal routine under the German occupation, and the occupation troops helped to make it so. Our picture shows German soldiers studying a newspaper from home on the "Place de la Concorde" in Paris. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ae7bb9f5-4545-5a5d-e040-e00a1806317f

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Life in France has returned to its normal routine under the German occupation, and the occupation troops helped to make it so.  Our picture shows German soldiers studying a newspaper from home on the "Place de la Concorde" in Paris.