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Object description
Collection includes:
1. A German truck loaded with troops passing through an unnamed town in the centre of Germany, 10 June 1941.
2. Tower of a protestant church in Passenheim (Pasym) in East Prussia, June 1941.
3. German Panzer 38(t) tanks in the field near Żemłosław (Zemloslav) in the Soviet occupation zone of Poland, 25 June 1941.
4. German heavy artillery in action near Żemłosław, 25 June 1941.
5. Trucks with Hannover riflemen on the move in forest near Żemłosław, 25 June 1941.
6. German Panzer 38(t) tanks in the field near Traby in the Soviet occupation zone of Poland, 25-29 June 1941.
7. German troops crossing a bridge over the River Daugava (Dvina) in Dzisna in the Soviet occupation zone of Poland, 3 July 1941.
8. A destroyed Soviet BA-10 armoured car near Dzisna, 3 July 1941.
9. A Red Army Engineer Officer of the Mongolian descent taken prisoner by the Germans near Dzisna, July 1941.
10. Hannover riflemen approaching the River Daugava near Mal. Bajewo (?), 23 July 1941.
11. Pontoon bridge over the River Mjesha, Belarus, 25 July 1941. Note a Flak 38 20 mm anti-aircraft gun guarding the bridge.
12. A German truck and a Panzer 38(t) tank on the muddy road near Sheliesovo (?), 30 August 1941.
13. German pioneers searching for mines at Scheikina (?), 30 August 1941.
14. German Panzer II, Panzer IV and Panzer 38(t) tanks in the swamp forest near Buchalovka in the Soviet occupation zone of Poland.
15. A column of Soviet prisoners on the road near Vielikiye Luki, Russia. Note dead bodies of their comrades on the side of the road.
16. A column of Soviet prisoners passing by a decapitated monument of Lenin in Toropets, Russia.
17. German troops moving through the forest during the attack on Worobye (?), 19 October 1941.
18 & 19. German Panzer 38(t) tanks and infantry moving across snowy field during the attack on Worobye (?), 19 October 1941.
20. Soviet prisoners clearing the road at Illinskoje during the Battle of Moscow, late 1941.
21. An immobilised Soviet heavy KV2 tank, probably at the village of Surwiliszki (near Grodno) in the Soviet occupation zone of Poland. Note marks on its turret, inflicted by German shells unable to pierce its very thick armour.
22. German troops in white camouflage smocks in the forest near Lidija-Grund (?), February 1942.
23. German troops crossing a pontoon bridge under the enemy fire at Reseta (?), 11 August 1942.
24. Panzer Grenadiers from Hamelin regiment in the forest, 11 August 1942.
25. A column of Panzer IV tanks on the road, 12 August 1942.
26. Portrait of unnamed German soldier with a very dirty face after four weeks in the field fortifications on the Nara River bridgehead during the Battle of Moscow, late 1941.
27. Portrait of unnamed German despatch rider.
28. Portrait of Colonel Kohler, the Commander of the 1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment, June 1942.
29. Portrait of Lieutenant-General Otto von Knobelsdorff.
30. Major Booth, the Commander of a reconnaissance detachment, and Captain Patzold during the briefing north of Kunja (?).
31. A German soldier wearing thick winter clothing in a MG 34 machine gun post.
32. German MG 34 squad firing at the enemy in the woods.
33. German signalmen manning a wireless radio set in the field.
34. German anti-aircraft gunners resting by their 3.7 cm Flak gun.
35. German troops at a funeral ceremony.
36. German troops preparing poultry for cooking.
37. German horse-drawn column towing a captured Soviet 122 mm M1910/30 howitzer.
38. Two German troops in attack, one of them armed with a MG 34 machine gun. Another soldier is displaying an Infantry Assault Badge - Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen.
39. An award ceremony in the woods.
40. Very heavily clothed German troops cutting trees and supervising Soviet prisoners in the snowy forest. Note their dirty white camouflage smocks.
41. A German soldier having a bath in the lake by his truck.
42. German troops and local population pushing a truck in one of the Belarussian villages.
43. Dead horses and destroyed carts on the road to Moscow, late 1941.
44. A wooden Russian farmhouse.
45 & 46. Portraits of Soviet prisoners.
47. German soldier armed with a MG 34 over a body of a dead Red Army soldier.
48. Very long column of Soviet prisoners on the move.
Object description
German official prints relating to the German Army at the beginning of the German invasion of Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) and further, 1941-1942.
Physical description
Set of loose, original, black and white, small size prints.