![Belted dress with short coat.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1948588&t=b)
![Reichs Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Baron Konstantin von Neurath, receives the new administration in the Cernin Palace in Prague]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946312&t=b)
![[Shortly after the German advance into Bohemia and Moravia, the Führer traveled by car to Prague. The Führer greeted troops entering the city of Prague.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946313&t=b)
![Czech state president Dr. Hacha travels to Berlin to the Fuhrer to place the fate of the Czechs in his hands. President Dr. Hacha on arrival in Berlin, where he is greeted by Dr. Meissner.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946314&t=b)
![[The Slovak prime minsiter Dr. Tiso visits the Fuhrer in Berlin. The Fuhrer in conversation with Dr. Tiso.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946316&t=b)
![Czechoslovakia falls more and more into decay. In Pressburg serious incidents take place between Czechs and Slovaks. The Slovaks smash the shop windows of all the Jewish businesses.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946317&t=b)
![With a huge outpouring of sympathy throughout the country, our comrade Alois Sornik, murdered at the hands of the Poles, was laid to rest in Ansbach.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946318&t=b)
![Fighter Squadron Schumacher, which quickly became known for its victory over the German Bight, can claim new victories over English Wellington bombers. These fliers would enthusiastically welcome the return of enemy planes.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946319&t=b)
![[The deserving soldiers of the Slovakian Army being decorated by Slovakian General Catlos.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946320&t=b)
![[The Fuhrer visited Wilhelmshaven to meet the crews of successful U-boats, among them the men of the submarine which sank the English aircraft carrier "Courageous". The Führer greets the assembled crew.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946321&t=b)
![At the invitation of the Reich government in Berlin, the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union and concurrent People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Molotov joined with the Reich government...]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946322&t=b)
![...and the Fuhrer to conduct extensive discussions on the German-Russian relations in the context of the friendship pact between the two states. The visit concluded with complete agreement.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946323&t=b)
![On the borders and fronts of the wintry, Christmas-season Reich, the Wehrmacht keeps a sturdy watch. The self-assurance and determination of this nameless guard-post doing its hard duty flows in strength through the whole German people. With the same feelings of assurance and resolution, Greater Germany moves into the New Year.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946324&t=b)
![On Christmas Eve, the Fuhrer's deputy, Reichsminister Rudolf Hess, spoke, as he does every year, to the Germans of the Reich and the world. This time, he broadcast from on board a German warship.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946325&t=b)
![[The Christmas visit by the Fuhrer was a great experience for all the soldiers. Just as when they had fought on Polish (battle)fields, the Fuhrer went to them, he with his troops, so that leadership and people are always found as one.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3946326&t=b)
![In soldierly manner, Lieutenant Lemp reports the return of his submarine from a successful foray against the foe. 47,000 Gross register tonnage have been lost by the enemy. The commander received the Knight's Cross, and his crew the Iron Cross.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956096&t=b)
![Striking at the heart of the Empire. Huge fires in the docks and warehouses of London lit up the skies of the British capital night after night. For fourteen hours London was under air raid alert.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956097&t=b)
![Professor Arno Breker, one of the most famous sculptors in Greater Germany, celebrated his 40th birthday. He is working on a series of great works, of which one is a bust of Wagner.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956098&t=b)
![One of the results of the firm economic ties between Germany and Russia was the opening of an air mail line between Berlin and Moscow. This was the first Soviet airplane (with 21 passenger seats) to land on German soil.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956099&t=b)
![On January 12th General-Field Marshal Goering celebrated his 47th birthday. The Fuhrer's handshake conveyed the good wishes and thanks of the whole nation.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956100&t=b)
![Military parade in front of General Field Marshal Keitel, who was on a multi-day visit to Budapest.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956101&t=b)
![Here are nine men of the German Air Force, just a few of the hundreds who, day by day, are carrying on the fight against England. The nine German flyers together have flown more than two thousand times against the enemy and have shot down 112 opponents.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956102&t=b)
![[The great housing project, for which the Fürher appointed Reichsorganizationsleiter Dr. Ley as commissar, won't begin until after the war. (But) already during the war Dr. Ley attended the "topping-out" ceremony for workers' dwellings at the Telefunken Company to point out achievements in housing during the struggle for freedom.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956103&t=b)
![Marburg University held a dignified celebration of the immortal memory of the great researcher Behring. Children laid bouquets at the base of the bust of the scholar whose serum ended the scourge of diphtheria. ]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956104&t=b)
![[Germany gets ready for Christmas. One of the first signs is Christmas trees which, in spite of transportation difficulties, are so plentiful that every German family is assured of getting one.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956105&t=b)
![[The Leader and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces wished Field Marshal von Bock a happy 60th birthday and thanked him also for the services rendered by the officers and men of the German Army.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956106&t=b)
![This is how German bombs hit. Our picture shows countless bomb craters amidst the armaments factories of the city of Coventry after a major attack by the German Air Force. Other English cities will soon share the fate of Coventry.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956107&t=b)
![Germany was represented at the burial of Codreanu by Reichsstatthalter and Reichsleiter von Schirach and Gauleiter Bohle of the Foreign Organization of the NSDAP. At the head of the procession are Rumanian head of state Antonescu and the leader of the Legionaries, Horia Sima.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956108&t=b)
![Some hoped that Germany's air strength would be crippled. But in the Reich, all age groups of the coming generation saw to it that Germany was not only equipped for the present war, but had become a nation of fliers. In a National Socialist Flying Corps workshop the little ones tinker with airplane models.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956109&t=b)
![Here's what it looks like now in London, where hundreds of thousands have to hide out on the subway tracks. The English plutocrats wanted war, but made no preparations to defend the English population.]](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=3956110&t=b)
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The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars.
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c8-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 Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2019. http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c8-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 Westwall remained on watch in a high state of combat readiness. Exercises (went on) behind the front. Here, for example, (are) a machine gun detachment and armored cars. Retrieved from http://digital.gallery.nypl.org/items/b35e6240-e5c8-ef75-e040-e00a18064b93
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