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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

Photographs

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

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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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