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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Russian propaganda aimed at German soldiers in World War II Feindpropaganda

About this Item

Title

  • Russian propaganda aimed at German soldiers in World War II

Other Title

  • Feindpropaganda

Summary

  • Photographic reproductions of Russian propaganda leaflets dropped by the Red Army to German soldiers during the World War II taken from the main party archives of the German Nazi Party (Haupt-Archiv der NSDAP). Texts includes assurances of humane treatment of German prisoners of war by the Russians; latest news from the Western Front and of German defeats; cooperation between Russia, Great Britain and the United States; reports of Hitler's mental instability. Includes cartoons critical of Hitler, the war and National Socialist ideology. Includes anti-war poetry by German poets including a poem by Erich Weinert.

Names

  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Hauptarchiv, DLC, former owner
  • Third Reich Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Created / Published

  • [1944-1945]

Headings

  • -  Leaflets dropped from aircraft--Soviet Union
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Soviet Union
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Germany
  • -  Propaganda--Soviet--1940-1950

Format Headings

  • Cartoons (Commentary)--Russian--1940-1950.
  • Leaflets--Reproductions--1940-1950.
  • Photographic prints--1940-1950.

Genre

  • Leaflets--Reproductions--1940-1950
  • Cartoons (Commentary)--Russian--1940-1950
  • Photographic prints--1940-1950

Notes

  • -  Texts in German and Russian.
  • -  LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • -  LC copy have ink stamps on verso of copy prints: "Haupt-Archiv der NSDAP" with negative numbers. Many of the items originally marked "FP" or "Feindpropaganda" [Propaganda of the enemy].
  • -  Source unknown.

Medium

  • 12 photographic prints ; 23 x 17 cm. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 9866 (F) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005690885

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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  • Reproduction Number: ---
  • Call Number: LOT 9866 (F) [P&P]
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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Hauptarchiv, Dlc, Former Owner, and Third Reich Collection Dlc. Russian propaganda aimed at German soldiers in World War II. Germany Soviet Union, 1944. [to 1945] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2005690885/.

APA citation style:

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Hauptarchiv, D. & Third Reich Collection Dlc. (1944) Russian propaganda aimed at German soldiers in World War II. Germany Soviet Union, 1944. [to 1945] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2005690885/.

MLA citation style:

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Hauptarchiv, Dlc, Former Owner, and Third Reich Collection Dlc. Russian propaganda aimed at German soldiers in World War II. [to 1945] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2005690885/>.