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Germany, Siegfried Line, before the outbreak of the Second World War, 1939
  1. Bunker complex at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Bunker complex at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 20.08.1939
    Image text: This photograph of a Wehrmacht soldier in a bunker on the Siegfried Line was published in several German newspapers. The reports on the "Siegfried Line" were intended to reduce the population's fear regarding an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404492
  2. Bunker complex at the Westwall, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Bunker complex at the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 20.08.1939
    Image text: Wehrmacht soldiers in the entrance area of a bunker complex on the Siegfried line. The reports about the "Westwall" (Siegfried line) were intended to relieve the population's fear of an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404493
  3. Ringtrichter-Richtungshoerer (Acoustic Monitoring Device) at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Ringtrichter-Richtungshoerer (Acoustic Monitoring Device) at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 20.08.1939
    Image text: Soldiers operate a sound detector on the Westwall in order to locate attacking planes at an early stage.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404494
  4. Loading of ammunition for the Westwall, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Loading of ammunition for the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 01.08.1939
    Image text: Loading of ammunition for one of the big artillery pieces at the Siegfried Line (Westwall).
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404495
  5. Replacing gun barrels on the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Replacing gun barrels on the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 07.08.1939
    Image text: Wehrmacht soldiers replace gun barrels in an artillery bunker on the Siegfried Line.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404496
  6. Underground ammunition depot at the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Underground ammunition depot at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 08.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404497
  7. Soldiers of the Wehrmacht at the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Soldiers of the Wehrmacht at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 01.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404498
  8. Anti-tank barriers on the Westwall, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Anti-tank barriers on the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 20.08.1939
    Image text: A line of Hoeckerhindernisse (anti-tank barriers) against tank attacks on the Siegfried Line (Westwall).
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404499
  9. Anti-aircraft gun at the Westwall, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Anti-aircraft gun at the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 18.08.1939
    Image text: Heavy flak gun in firing position on the Westwall.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404500
  10. Workers at a dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Workers at a dragon's teeth on the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 07.08.1939
    Image text: A group of workers involved in construction during their lunch break next to a line of anti-tank barriers. Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404501
  11. Anti-tank barriers on the Westwall, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Anti-tank barriers on the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 20.08.1939
    Image text: Large hump barriers are used as defence against tanks on the Siegfried Line ("Westwall").
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404502
  12. Dragon's teeth against tanks at the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Dragon's teeth against tanks at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 07.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404503
  13. Panzerwerk ("armoured structure") at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Panzerwerk ("armoured structure") at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 20.08.1939
    Image text: Soldiers drive an artillery gun back into a armoured facility of the Siegfried Line.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404504
  14. Medium calibre anti-aircraft gun at the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Medium calibre anti-aircraft gun at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 14.08.1939
    Image text: Soldiers at an anti-aircraft gun in firing position during a visit of the press in the "Western Air Defense Zone". The reports on the "Siegfried Line" were intended to reduce the population's fear regarding an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404505
  15. Air-raid protection tower at the Westwall, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Air-raid protection tower at the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 14.08.1939
    Image text: Photo of a newly erected air-raid shelter having a capacity to accommodate up to 2,000 people during a press tour of the "Air Defence Zone West". The reports about the "Siegfried Line" were intended to relieve the population's fear of an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404506
  16. Well bunker at the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Well bunker at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 14.08.1939
    Image text: Photo of a well bunker to secure the drinking water supply during a press visit in the "Air Defence Zone West". The reports on the "Westwall" were intended to reduce the population's fear regarding an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404507
  17. Camouflaged anti-aircraft gun in position at the Siegfried line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Camouflaged anti-aircraft gun in position at the Siegfried line, 1939
    Date: 14.08.1939
    Image text: Photograph of a camouflaged anti-aircraft gun during a press tour in the "Western Air Defense Zone". The reports on the "Siegfried Line" were intended to reduce the population's fear regarding an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404508
  18. Flak gun with camouflage at the Siegfried Line, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Flak gun with camouflage at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 14.08.1939
    Image text: Soldiers remove the camouflage elements covering an anti-aircraft gun during a visit of the press in the "Western Air Defense Zone". The reports on the "Siegfried Line" were intended to reduce the population's fear regarding an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404509
  19. Entrance area to an F-bunker at the Westwall, 1939 Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Entrance area to an F-bunker at the Westwall, 1939
    Date: 14.08.1939
    Image text: A soldier shows the closing mechanism of the entrance door to a Fuehrer's bunker during a press tour of the Air Defence Zone West in August 1939. The reports on the "Westwall" (Siegfried Line) were intended to relieve the population's fear of an imminent war on two fronts.
    Photo: Scherl
    Image number: 00404510
  20. Bunker complex at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Bunker complex at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 01.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404511
  21. Workers at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Workers at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 01.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404512
  22. German troops at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: German troops at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 01.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of a possible war.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404513
  23. Artillery gun at the Siegfried Line, 1939 SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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    Headline: Artillery gun at the Siegfried Line, 1939
    Date: 01.08.1939
    Image text: Scene from the documentary film "Der Westwall" ("The West Wall"), a propaganda film of the Deutsche Wochenschau (The German Weekly Review) presented at the beginning of August 1939. The film is intended to present the German western border as an insurmountable bulwark to protect the population from the effects of war.
    Photo: SZ Photo
    Image number: 00404514