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While the German forces on the Kerch Peninsula were preparing to defeat the Bolsheviks, (Soviet General) Timoshenko tried, using a huge concentration of troops, to get his hands on the region of Kharkov, an important and vital city in the Ukraine. Using a deep defense, German divisions succeed in stopping a Soviet attack. (Here we see) infantry in the front-line trenches.

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While the German forces on the Kerch Peninsula were preparing to defeat the Bolsheviks, (Soviet General) Timoshenko tried, using a huge concentration of troops, to get his hands on the region of Kharkov, an important and vital city in the Ukraine. Using a deep defense, German divisions succeed in stopping a Soviet attack. (Here we see) infantry in the front-line trenches.
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
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- German -- Soviet Union
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Während die deutschen Truppen auf der Halbinsel Kertsch den Bolschewisten eine große Niederlage bereiten, versucht Timoschenko durch eine riesige Truppenzusammenziehung im Kaum von Charkow, diese wichtige und entscheidende Stadt der Ukraine in seine hand zu bekommen. Den deutschen Verbänden gelingt es, den Angriss der sowjetischen Divisionen in elastischer Verteidigung aufzuhalten. Infanterie im vordersten Graben."
Content: Printed above caption: "PK. -Kirsche, Weltbild"
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): 38d5ce00-c602-012f-8e62-58d385a7bc34
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

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "While the German forces on the Kerch Peninsula were preparing to defeat the Bolsheviks, (Soviet General) Timoshenko tried, using a huge concentration of troops, to get his hands on the region of Kharkov, an important and vital city in the Ukraine. Using a deep defense, German divisions succeed in stopping a Soviet attack. (Here we see) infantry in the front-line trenches." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b36fdaa0-2b0d-0ace-e040-e00a180637ac

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "While the German forces on the Kerch Peninsula were preparing to defeat the Bolsheviks, (Soviet General) Timoshenko tried, using a huge concentration of troops, to get his hands on the region of Kharkov, an important and vital city in the Ukraine. Using a deep defense, German divisions succeed in stopping a Soviet attack. (Here we see) infantry in the front-line trenches." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b36fdaa0-2b0d-0ace-e040-e00a180637ac

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1942). While the German forces on the Kerch Peninsula were preparing to defeat the Bolsheviks, (Soviet General) Timoshenko tried, using a huge concentration of troops, to get his hands on the region of Kharkov, an important and vital city in the Ukraine. Using a deep defense, German divisions succeed in stopping a Soviet attack. (Here we see) infantry in the front-line trenches. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b36fdaa0-2b0d-0ace-e040-e00a180637ac

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While the German forces on the Kerch Peninsula were preparing to defeat the Bolsheviks, (Soviet General) Timoshenko tried, using a huge concentration of troops, to get his hands on the region of Kharkov, an important and vital city in the Ukraine. Using a deep defense, German divisions succeed in stopping a Soviet attack. (Here we see) infantry in the front-line trenches.