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To the great joy of the people of Danzig, the German navy school ship "Schleswig-Holstein" was brought into the city's harbor by the high seas tugs "Albert Forster" and "Danzig".

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Title
To the great joy of the people of Danzig, the German navy school ship "Schleswig-Holstein" was brought into the city's harbor by the high seas tugs "Albert Forster" and "Danzig".
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
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Tugboats
Training-ships
Warships -- German
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Unter dem Jubel der Danziger Bevölkerung wird das Schulschiff der deutschen Kriegsmarine 'Schleswig-Holstein' von den Hochseeschleppern 'Albert Forster' und 'Danzig' in den Danziger Hafen eingebracht."
Content: This old "pre-dreadnought" battleship was one of the few ships the German navy had been allowed to keep after World War I. It would fire the first shots of World War II when it began shelling the Polish fort of Westerplatte, near Danzig, early on September 1, 1939.
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): a0a6bcf0-c601-012f-4201-58d385a7bc34
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. "To the great joy of the people of Danzig, the German navy school ship "Schleswig-Holstein" was brought into the city's harbor by the high seas tugs "Albert Forster" and "Danzig"." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc9d-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 the great joy of the people of Danzig, the German navy school ship "Schleswig-Holstein" was brought into the city's harbor by the high seas tugs "Albert Forster" and "Danzig"." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc9d-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 the great joy of the people of Danzig, the German navy school ship "Schleswig-Holstein" was brought into the city's harbor by the high seas tugs "Albert Forster" and "Danzig". Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc9d-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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To the great joy of the people of Danzig, the German navy school ship "Schleswig-Holstein" was brought into the city's harbor by the high seas tugs "Albert Forster" and "Danzig".