On the occasion of the group matches of the SA-Gruppe Ostland, Chief of Staff Lutze is boisterously welcomed in Gdansk by the enthusiastic Danzigers.
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Title
On the occasion of the group matches of the SA-Gruppe Ostland, Chief of Staff Lutze is boisterously welcomed in Gdansk by the enthusiastic Danzigers.
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1939
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
Political parades & rallies
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Nazis
Lutze, Viktor, 1890-1943
Gdańsk (Poland) -- History
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Aus Anlaß der Gruppenwettkämpfe der SA.-Gruppe Ostland wird Stabschef Lutze in Danzig von den begeisterten Danzigern stürmisch begrüßt."
Content: These Danzig Germans are members of the Nazi party and are marching to agitate for the return of the independent city to the Reich. Torchlight parades (note the blurred flames atop the flag-draped pylons) were a common feature of Nazi parades, pageants and rallies.
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
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b8090770-c601-012f-41f1-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1939
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "On the occasion of the group matches of the SA-Gruppe Ostland, Chief of Staff Lutze is boisterously welcomed in Gdansk by the enthusiastic Danzigers." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8090770-c601-012f-41f1-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). On the occasion of the group matches of the SA-Gruppe Ostland, Chief of Staff Lutze is boisterously welcomed in Gdansk by the enthusiastic Danzigers. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8090770-c601-012f-41f1-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "On the occasion of the group matches of the SA-Gruppe Ostland, Chief of Staff Lutze is boisterously welcomed in Gdansk by the enthusiastic Danzigers." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8090770-c601-012f-41f1-58d385a7bc34
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