The military exercises go on. The infantry marches through countryside deep in snow to a drill in defense of the Westwall
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Title
The military exercises go on. The infantry marches through countryside deep in snow to a drill in defense of the Westwall
Collection
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942
1940
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Subjects
Nazi propaganda
Barbed wire
Barricades
Armies -- German -- 1900-1999
Military maneuvers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- German
Soldiers -- German -- 1939-1945
Genres
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Auch die militärischen Übungen gehen weiter. Durch tief verschneites Gelände am Westwall marschiert die Infanterie zu einer Gefechtsübung."
Content: The Westwall (called the "Siegfried Line" by the Allies) was the German name for their fortifications built opposite the French forts of the Maginot Line.
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): dbb95cb0-c601-012f-1f51-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1940
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The military exercises go on. The infantry marches through countryside deep in snow to a drill in defense of the Westwall" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dbb95cb0-c601-012f-1f51-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). The military exercises go on. The infantry marches through countryside deep in snow to a drill in defense of the Westwall Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dbb95cb0-c601-012f-1f51-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The military exercises go on. The infantry marches through countryside deep in snow to a drill in defense of the Westwall" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dbb95cb0-c601-012f-1f51-58d385a7bc34
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