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II. WK - Eastern Front - Latvia 1944

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II. WK - Eastern Front - Latvia 1944

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This motif from National Socialist propaganda shows soldiers of the German Wehrmacht in defensive combat in Mitau (Jelgava in Latvia) on the Eastern Front, taken in August 1944. On the back of the picture, the National Socialist news coverage writes: "Mitau battle area. Light infantry guns are brought over the rubble of a bridge, a hard job, but it is mastered." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv [automated translation]

Photographer:

Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Ar

Date:

19.08.1944

Location:

Latvia, Jelgava

Image ID:

02902903

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5123px x 3589px

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Minimum fee 40,00 Euro. No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

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Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Ar/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Army Group Courland, 1944/45
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Headline:

II. WK - Eastern Front - Latvia 1944

Date:

19.08.1944

Photographer:

Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Ar

Image ID:

02902903