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In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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

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In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home.

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Title
In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home.
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 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "In riesigen Kolonnen kehrten auf den Straßen Frankreichs die Flüchtlinge, die Opfer einer gewissenlosen Hetze, in ihre Heimat zurück. Auch die Elsässer wurden heimbefördert."
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Content: In German propaganda, the idea was stressed that French refugees had had nothing to fear from the advancing German army, but had been panicked into fleeing by unfounded stories of murder, looting and rape concocted by their government. Alsace, a province on the French-German border, had changed hands several times between the two countries before being given to France after World War I.
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 18cfaf10-c602-012f-e3da-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
  • 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. "In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5ec-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5ec-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5ec-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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In gigantic columns on French roads, refugees returned home, the victims of unscrupulously manipulated fears. The Alsatians were also transported back home.