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Lieutenant Schuhart sees home from the conning tower of his U-Boat. After a successful deployment, he can report a total of 66,500 tons (of enemy shipping) sunk.

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Title
Lieutenant Schuhart sees home from the conning tower of his U-Boat. After a successful deployment, he can report a total of 66,500 tons (of enemy shipping) sunk.
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
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Arrivals & departures
submarines -- German
Sailors -- German -- 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military personnel -- German
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Vom Turm seines U-Bootes blickt Kapitänleutnant Schuhart auf die Heimat. Nach erfolgreicher Feindfahrt konnte er ingesamt 66 500 Tonnen als versenkt melden."
Content: Otto Schuhart's submarine U-29 sank the British aircraft carrier "Courageous" in September 1939. Unlike many U-boat commanders, he survived the war.
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): 02c31120-c602-012f-face-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. "Lieutenant Schuhart sees home from the conning tower of his U-Boat. After a successful deployment, he can report a total of 66,500 tons (of enemy shipping) sunk." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5bc-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. "Lieutenant Schuhart sees home from the conning tower of his U-Boat. After a successful deployment, he can report a total of 66,500 tons (of enemy shipping) sunk." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5bc-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). Lieutenant Schuhart sees home from the conning tower of his U-Boat. After a successful deployment, he can report a total of 66,500 tons (of enemy shipping) sunk. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5bc-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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Lieutenant Schuhart sees home from the conning tower of his U-Boat.  After a successful deployment, he can report a total of 66,500 tons (of enemy shipping) sunk.