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Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder.

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Title
Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

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

1942

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1942
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1942
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Batteries (Weaponry)
Bunkers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Artillery (Weaponry) -- German -- 1939-1945
Atlantic Wall (France and Belgium)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Batterie Todt an der Kanalküste. Eine der schwersten Fernkampfbatterien wurde auf den Namen ihres Erbauers getauft und ihrer Bestimmung übergeben."
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): 321615c0-c602-012f-4d2e-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
  • 1942: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a065-1520-e040-e00a180669b4

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a065-1520-e040-e00a180669b4

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). Battery Todt on the Channel coast. One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b291a0df-a065-1520-e040-e00a180669b4

Wikipedia Citation

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Battery Todt on the Channel coast.  One of the heaviest long-distance batteries was given the name of its builder.