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To help the Winter Relief Effort the Führer held an evening concert at his house, in which important leaders of the German economy took part. This raised over 2 million Marks for the Winter Relief.

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Title
To help the Winter Relief Effort the Führer held an evening concert at his house, in which important leaders of the German economy took part. This raised over 2 million Marks for the Winter Relief.
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
Audiences
War relief
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Entertaining
Reichskanzlei (Berlin, Germany : Building)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Im Dienste des Winterhilfswerk veranstaltet der Führer einen Konzertabend in seinem Haus, an dem führende Persönlichkeiten der deutschen Wirtschaft teilnahmen. Dabei ergibt sich ein Bertrag von über 2 Millionen Reichsmark für das WHW."
Content: Winter Relief ("Winterhifswerk") was a fund-raising campaign begun in Weimar Germany and continued by the Nazis. It collected money to help other charities provide food, fuel and clothing to poor people during the winter months. Its motto was: "None shall starve or freeze."
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): 8c3a15e0-c601-012f-965f-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
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "To help the Winter Relief Effort the Führer held an evening concert at his house, in which important leaders of the German economy took part. This raised over 2 million Marks for the Winter Relief." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc70-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "To help the Winter Relief Effort the Führer held an evening concert at his house, in which important leaders of the German economy took part. This raised over 2 million Marks for the Winter Relief." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 26, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc70-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). To help the Winter Relief Effort the Führer held an evening concert at his house, in which important leaders of the German economy took part. This raised over 2 million Marks for the Winter Relief. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc70-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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To help the Winter Relief Effort the Führer held an evening concert at his house, in which important leaders of the German economy took part. This raised over 2 million Marks for the Winter Relief.