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The air war against England goes on. The English try to take revenge through crude night attacks. Workers' living districts and peaceful suburbs are the targets of the bombs dropped in several attacks on the Reich's capital city. Military installations ...

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Title
The air war against England goes on. The English try to take revenge through crude night attacks. Workers' living districts and peaceful suburbs are the targets of the bombs dropped in several attacks on the Reich's capital city. Military installations ...
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
Aerial bombings
War damage -- Germany
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Despite extravagant pre-war claims about the "pinpoint accuracy" of daylight bombing, hitting targets from the air proved extremely difficult. When the raids took place at night, as did the first British air raids on Berlin, the attackers were lucky to get their bombs anywhere near their targets. This photo's caption continues on Image ID: 3975569.
Content: Picture caption: "Der Luftkampf gegen England geht weiter. In gemeinen Nachtangriffen suchen sich die Engländer zu rächen. Arbeiterwohnviertel und friedliche Vororte sind das Ziel ihrer Bomben,die sie auch einige Male auf die Reichshauptstadt abwarfen. Militärische Ziele ..."
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): 0f2ce580-c602-012f-c11d-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. "The air war against England goes on. The English try to take revenge through crude night attacks. Workers' living districts and peaceful suburbs are the targets of the bombs dropped in several attacks on the Reich's capital city. Military installations ..." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5d7-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. "The air war against England goes on. The English try to take revenge through crude night attacks. Workers' living districts and peaceful suburbs are the targets of the bombs dropped in several attacks on the Reich's capital city. Military installations ..." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 31, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5d7-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). The air war against England goes on. The English try to take revenge through crude night attacks. Workers' living districts and peaceful suburbs are the targets of the bombs dropped in several attacks on the Reich's capital city. Military installations ... Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5d7-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93

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The air war against England goes on. The English try to take revenge through crude night attacks.  Workers' living districts and peaceful suburbs are the targets of the bombs dropped in several attacks on the Reich's capital city. Military installations ...