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Headline: Bunker at the Siegfried Line, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: The interior of a bunker on the Sigfried Line. The picture shows tables where German soldiers are sitting.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363882Bunker at the Siegfried Line, 1939The interior of a bunker on the Sigfried Line. The picture shows tables where German soldiers are sitting.
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Headline: Halls of the Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G., 1939Date: 15.08.1939Image text: Halls of the Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G. in the Düsseldorf branch. It was awarded by the General Bruchitsch for its merits for the German artillery.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363883Halls of the Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G., 1939Halls of the Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G. in the Düsseldorf branch. It was awarded by the General Bruchitsch for its merits for the German artillery.
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Headline: Birthday celebration of the Prussian Minister President Hermann GöringDate: 01.01.1933Image text: Members of the German Air Sports League arrive to congratulate Hermann Göring, whi is also a sponsor and patron of the German sports aviation. A boy dressed in a pilot's unifrom partakes in this propaganda spectacle. (unknown date of the year)Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363884Birthday celebration of the Prussian Minister President Hermann GöringMembers of the German Air Sports League arrive to congratulate Hermann Göring, whi is also a sponsor and patron of the German sports aviation. A boy dressed in a pilot's unifrom partakes in this propaganda spectacle. (unknown date of the year)
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Headline: Development of the German light tankDate: 01.01.1933Image text: German engineers, armament specialists and tan officers during a test drive of the newly developed basis modell of the light German tank (yet without tower), probably on Russian military exercise grounds. (undated picture)Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363885Development of the German light tankGerman engineers, armament specialists and tan officers during a test drive of the newly developed basis modell of the light German tank (yet without tower), probably on Russian military exercise grounds. (undated picture)
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Headline: Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939Date: 01.08.1939Image text: View on the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich. Big tanks for the storage of the fuel.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363886Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939View on the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich. Big tanks for the storage of the fuel.
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Headline: Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939Date: 01.08.1939Image text: View on the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363887Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939View on the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich.
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Headline: Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939Date: 01.08.1939Image text: View on the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363888Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939View on the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich.
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Headline: Opening of the exhibition "Farmer, Worker, Soldier" in Frankfurt a.O., 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: View on the exhibition hall "Soldier" from outside.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363889Opening of the exhibition "Farmer, Worker, Soldier" in Frankfurt a.O., 1937View on the exhibition hall "Soldier" from outside.
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Headline: Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939Date: 01.08.1939Image text: View on the two gasometers under construction of the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich. Behind, the gas production and in the far background the village Poelitz.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363890Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939View on the two gasometers under construction of the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich. Behind, the gas production and in the far background the village Poelitz.
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Headline: Veterans of the Steel Helmet League remove the black ribbon from their flags, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: WWI veterans remove the black ribbo off their flags, which had been attached there since 1920 'in the eternal memory of the disgracerful Versailles Treaty'. After the reintroduction of the compulsatory military service in 1935, there was no more reason from mourning for them.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363891Veterans of the Steel Helmet League remove the black ribbon from their flags, 1935WWI veterans remove the black ribbo off their flags, which had been attached there since 1920 'in the eternal memory of the disgracerful Versailles Treaty'. After the reintroduction of the compulsatory military service in 1935, there was no more reason from mourning for them.
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Headline: Aerobatics staff of the German Luftwaffe in Brussles, 1939Date: 07.07.1939Image text: The planes of the type Buecker-Jungmeister, flown by the aerobatics staff of the German Luftwaffe in Brussles during the international military aircraft meeting.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363892Aerobatics staff of the German Luftwaffe in Brussles, 1939The planes of the type Buecker-Jungmeister, flown by the aerobatics staff of the German Luftwaffe in Brussles during the international military aircraft meeting.
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Headline: Unveiling of the emblem of the anti-tank defense weapon, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: As part of the sports festivities on the barrack grounds of the Hamburg anti-tank unit 20, a statue was unveiled by Commander of the Army Freiherr von Fritsch: the tiger was the emblem of the anti-tank weapon with the inscription: 'Always in ambush - ready to attack - and ready for destruction!'Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363893Unveiling of the emblem of the anti-tank defense weapon, 1935As part of the sports festivities on the barrack grounds of the Hamburg anti-tank unit 20, a statue was unveiled by Commander of the Army Freiherr von Fritsch: the tiger was the emblem of the anti-tank weapon with the inscription: 'Always in ambush - ready to attack - and ready for destruction!'
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Headline: Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939Date: 01.08.1939Image text: View over one of the production halls of the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363894Poelitz hydrongenation plant, 1939View over one of the production halls of the Poelitz hydrogenation plant, which was the biggest supplier of synthetic fuel in the German Reich.
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Headline: Officer training at the German airforce, 1936Date: 01.01.1936Image text: The officers in training of the German airfore, Luftwaffe, at a tactical training unit in front of a modell map.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363895Officer training at the German airforce, 1936The officers in training of the German airfore, Luftwaffe, at a tactical training unit in front of a modell map.
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Headline: Post card from the Wehrmacht maneuver, 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: The german army postal service or 'field post' was already tried out during the Wehrmacht maneuvers in 1937 before it was regurlarly employed during the war two years later.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363896Post card from the Wehrmacht maneuver, 1937The german army postal service or 'field post' was already tried out during the Wehrmacht maneuvers in 1937 before it was regurlarly employed during the war two years later.
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Headline: Wehrmacht card game, 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: Children play the 'happy family' quartett card game with motives of the Wehrmacht, e.g. airforce general Hermann Göring, tanks, and scenes from campaigns.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363897Wehrmacht card game, 1937Children play the 'happy family' quartett card game with motives of the Wehrmacht, e.g. airforce general Hermann Göring, tanks, and scenes from campaigns.
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Headline: Wehrmacht card game, 1937Date: 10.12.1937Image text: Children play the 'happy family' quartett card game with motives of the Wehrmacht, e.g. airforce general Hermann Göring, tanks, and scenes from campaigns.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363898Wehrmacht card game, 1937Children play the 'happy family' quartett card game with motives of the Wehrmacht, e.g. airforce general Hermann Göring, tanks, and scenes from campaigns.
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Headline: German flying competition 'Deutschlandflug', 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: Officers of the German Luftwaffe (airforce) and pilots at their last preparations before the start of the flying competition 'Deutschlandflug'. They are being informed of the weather conditions and have to present their logbook.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363899German flying competition 'Deutschlandflug', 1937Officers of the German Luftwaffe (airforce) and pilots at their last preparations before the start of the flying competition 'Deutschlandflug'. They are being informed of the weather conditions and have to present their logbook.
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Headline: Hitler's birthday parade of the Wehrmacht, 1939Date: 20.04.1939Image text: Formations of the German Wehrmacht perform a parade in honour of Adolf Hitler's birthday on the east-west axis in Berlin through the Brandenburg Gate. The Wehrmacht demonstrates its full force after four years of official rearmament.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363900Hitler's birthday parade of the Wehrmacht, 1939Formations of the German Wehrmacht perform a parade in honour of Adolf Hitler's birthday on the east-west axis in Berlin through the Brandenburg Gate. The Wehrmacht demonstrates its full force after four years of official rearmament.
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Headline: German fighter panes performing a maneuver, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: Fighter planes of the German Luftwaffe, airforce, on a parade flight after the reintroduction of the compulsory military service in 1935.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363901German fighter panes performing a maneuver, 1935Fighter planes of the German Luftwaffe, airforce, on a parade flight after the reintroduction of the compulsory military service in 1935.
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Headline: Recruiting young men for the Wehrmacht, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: After the reintroduction of the compulsory military service in Germany in 1935, young men are being inspected by a professional military of the Reichswehr to be recruited for the Wehrmacht.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363904Recruiting young men for the Wehrmacht, 1935After the reintroduction of the compulsory military service in Germany in 1935, young men are being inspected by a professional military of the Reichswehr to be recruited for the Wehrmacht.
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Headline: Traditional take-over of the Spandau barracks, 1937Date: 11.12.1937Image text: Traditional take-over of the Queen-Elizabeth-Guard-Grenadier-Regiment 3 throug the 13th and 14th company of the I.R. 67 in Spandau. Wehrmacht soldiers with the traditional flags march past General Major Freiherr Grote and other officers.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363905Traditional take-over of the Spandau barracks, 1937Traditional take-over of the Queen-Elizabeth-Guard-Grenadier-Regiment 3 throug the 13th and 14th company of the I.R. 67 in Spandau. Wehrmacht soldiers with the traditional flags march past General Major Freiherr Grote and other officers.
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Headline: Military exhibition 'Give me four years time', 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: In the exhibition hall 2 of the propaganda exhibition 'Give me four years time' in Berlin, a fighter plane, a tank and a poster with a Hiter citation are on display.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363906Military exhibition 'Give me four years time', 1937In the exhibition hall 2 of the propaganda exhibition 'Give me four years time' in Berlin, a fighter plane, a tank and a poster with a Hiter citation are on display.
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Headline: Military exhibition 'Give me four years time', 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: In the exhibition hall 2 of the propaganda exhibition 'Give me four years time' in Berlin, a fighter plane, a tank and a poster with a Hiter citation are on display.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363907Military exhibition 'Give me four years time', 1937In the exhibition hall 2 of the propaganda exhibition 'Give me four years time' in Berlin, a fighter plane, a tank and a poster with a Hiter citation are on display.
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Headline: Military exhibition 'Give me four years time', 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: In the exhibition hall 2 of the propaganda exhibition 'Give me four years time' in Berlin, a fighter plane, a tank and a poster with a Hiter citation are on display.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363908Military exhibition 'Give me four years time', 1937In the exhibition hall 2 of the propaganda exhibition 'Give me four years time' in Berlin, a fighter plane, a tank and a poster with a Hiter citation are on display.
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Headline: New barracks of DeggendorfDate: 01.01.1933Image text: After the announcement of the German military sovereignity, barracks are reopened and newly contructed. Here, a Wehrmacht post under the sculpture of the flag bearer of the New Barraks at Deggendorf, Bavaria. (undated picture)Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363909New barracks of DeggendorfAfter the announcement of the German military sovereignity, barracks are reopened and newly contructed. Here, a Wehrmacht post under the sculpture of the flag bearer of the New Barraks at Deggendorf, Bavaria. (undated picture)
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Headline: Wehrmacht soldiers with flags and standards of the German Imperial Army, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: After the announcement of the military sovereignity, the German Wehrmacht is official reassembled. Here, German Wehrmacht soldiers parade with the old flags and standards of the German Imperial Army.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363910Wehrmacht soldiers with flags and standards of the German Imperial Army, 1935After the announcement of the military sovereignity, the German Wehrmacht is official reassembled. Here, German Wehrmacht soldiers parade with the old flags and standards of the German Imperial Army.
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Headline: Tank parade at the 7th Nazi Party Congress, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: German tank formations roll past the tribunes on the grounds of the 7th Nazi Party Congress, the 'Rally of Freedom' in Nuremberg. Crowds of Nazi functionaries and spectators watch the parade.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363911Tank parade at the 7th Nazi Party Congress, 1935German tank formations roll past the tribunes on the grounds of the 7th Nazi Party Congress, the 'Rally of Freedom' in Nuremberg. Crowds of Nazi functionaries and spectators watch the parade.
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Headline: Memorial of fallen tank crews of the FIrst World War, 1936Date: 01.01.1936Image text: The memorial for the fallen German tank crews of the First World War in fronf of the nazi tank school in Wunsdorf, Brandenburg.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363912Memorial of fallen tank crews of the FIrst World War, 1936The memorial for the fallen German tank crews of the First World War in fronf of the nazi tank school in Wunsdorf, Brandenburg.
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Headline: Portraits of soldiers, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: A couple stands in frot of a photographer's shop window and looks at the displayed picture of Germann Wehrmacht soldies.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363914Portraits of soldiers, 1935A couple stands in frot of a photographer's shop window and looks at the displayed picture of Germann Wehrmacht soldies.
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Headline: Wehrmacht soldier with boy, 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: A boy in uniform stands in awe next to a German Wehrmacht soldier on guard.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363915Wehrmacht soldier with boy, 1939A boy in uniform stands in awe next to a German Wehrmacht soldier on guard.
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Headline: Opening of the fighter pilot school in Werneuchen, 1937Date: 27.11.1937Image text: A boy presents flowers to the Commander of the newly errected fighter plane school in Werneuchen, Leutenant Colonel Osterkamp. To the boy's left stands local group leader Koehler.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363916Opening of the fighter pilot school in Werneuchen, 1937A boy presents flowers to the Commander of the newly errected fighter plane school in Werneuchen, Leutenant Colonel Osterkamp. To the boy's left stands local group leader Koehler.
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Headline: Tank maneuver in the open country, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: A German tank type 1, a new construction of the German industry after the seizure of power, during a military moneuver in the open fields.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363917Tank maneuver in the open country, 1935A German tank type 1, a new construction of the German industry after the seizure of power, during a military moneuver in the open fields.
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Headline: German Wehrmacht officers of the motorization troops, 1933Date: 01.01.1933Image text: The inspector of the motor car troops General Leutenant Oswald Lutz with his staff. Also pictured are Lieutenant Colonel Guderian (to the right, sitting) and Major Nehring (to the left, sitting).Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363919German Wehrmacht officers of the motorization troops, 1933The inspector of the motor car troops General Leutenant Oswald Lutz with his staff. Also pictured are Lieutenant Colonel Guderian (to the right, sitting) and Major Nehring (to the left, sitting).
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Headline: German submarines during a maneuver, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: German submarines in keel line on the high seas during a maneuver. Adolf Hitler initiated the rearmament of the German navy after his seizure of power against the principles of the Versaille Treaty.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363920German submarines during a maneuver, 1935German submarines in keel line on the high seas during a maneuver. Adolf Hitler initiated the rearmament of the German navy after his seizure of power against the principles of the Versaille Treaty.
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Headline: Fighter Suqadron RichthofenDate: 01.01.1933Image text: A fighter squadron flies over the Icarus statue in Doeberitz (undated picture).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363921Fighter Suqadron RichthofenA fighter squadron flies over the Icarus statue in Doeberitz (undated picture).
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Headline: Day of the German Army, 1937Date: 05.12.1937Image text: A crowd of people waits to be allowed in at the gate of the guard regiment´s barracks on the 'Day of the Wehrmacht (German Amry)' organised by the German winter relief (WHW, Winterhilfswerk).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363922Day of the German Army, 1937A crowd of people waits to be allowed in at the gate of the guard regiment´s barracks on the 'Day of the Wehrmacht (German Amry)' organised by the German winter relief (WHW, Winterhilfswerk).
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Headline: Hitler's birthday military parade of the Wehrmacht, 1939Date: 20.04.1939Image text: Foreign diplomats and experts in the audience of the military parade of the different units of the Wehrmacht in Berlin on Adolf Hitler's birthday.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363923Hitler's birthday military parade of the Wehrmacht, 1939Foreign diplomats and experts in the audience of the military parade of the different units of the Wehrmacht in Berlin on Adolf Hitler's birthday.
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Headline: Launch of the "Scharnhorst" in Wilhelmshaven, 1936Date: 04.10.1936Image text: Launch of the battleship "Scharnhorst" at the Kriegsmarinewerft (" naval shipyard") in Wilhelmshaven.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363924Launch of the "Scharnhorst" in Wilhelmshaven, 1936Launch of the battleship "Scharnhorst" at the Kriegsmarinewerft (" naval shipyard") in Wilhelmshaven.
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Headline: Adolf Hitler visits submarines in Kiel, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: Adolf Hitler visits submarines of the "Flotilla Weddingen" in Kiel. In the foreground, a U7, behind a U13, both submarines of the type IIB.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363925Adolf Hitler visits submarines in Kiel, 1935Adolf Hitler visits submarines of the "Flotilla Weddingen" in Kiel. In the foreground, a U7, behind a U13, both submarines of the type IIB.
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Headline: Commissioning of submarines, 1935Date: 01.01.1935Image text: The Kriegsmarine introduces the new submarines of the Flotilla "Weddigen" in Kiel. At the commissioning of the 4 new U boats, the new Reichskriegsfagge is hoisted and the national anthem is sung.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363928Commissioning of submarines, 1935The Kriegsmarine introduces the new submarines of the Flotilla "Weddigen" in Kiel. At the commissioning of the 4 new U boats, the new Reichskriegsfagge is hoisted and the national anthem is sung.
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Headline: Werkgruppe Scharnhorst, 1935-1939Date: 01.01.1940Image text: German soldiers of the Werkgruppe Scharnhorst march into the Panzerwerk 1238, a bunker in the so-called Ostwall (East Wall).Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363929Werkgruppe Scharnhorst, 1935-1939German soldiers of the Werkgruppe Scharnhorst march into the Panzerwerk 1238, a bunker in the so-called Ostwall (East Wall).
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Headline: Kurt Zeitzler, 1934Date: 01.01.1934Image text: Wehrmacht officers examine a map in the War Ministry. Second from left, Captain Kurt Zeitzler.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363930Kurt Zeitzler, 1934Wehrmacht officers examine a map in the War Ministry. Second from left, Captain Kurt Zeitzler.
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Headline: Grossdeutschland (Greater Germany), 1939Date: 01.01.1939Image text: Muster of the Infantry Regiment "Grossdeutschland" (Greater Germany) on the 25th anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1 in Berlin.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363931Grossdeutschland (Greater Germany), 1939Muster of the Infantry Regiment "Grossdeutschland" (Greater Germany) on the 25th anniversary of the outbreak of World War 1 in Berlin.
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Headline: Reich Cabinet, 1935Date: 16.03.1935Image text: Adolf Hitler with the Reich Cabinet, after a government session where was decided the reintroduction of conscription. From left in the picture: Hans Frank, Joseph Goebbels, Wilhelm Frick, Popitz, Bernhard Rust, Hermann Goering, Hanns Kerrl, Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath, Adolf Hitler, Hans Lammers, Werner von Blomberg, Hjalmar Schacht, Franz Guertner, Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Richard Walther Darre, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Ruebenach, Franz Seldte and Walther Funk.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363932Reich Cabinet, 1935Adolf Hitler with the Reich Cabinet, after a government session where was decided the reintroduction of conscription. From left in the picture: Hans Frank, Joseph Goebbels, Wilhelm Frick, Popitz, Bernhard Rust, Hermann Goering, Hanns Kerrl, Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath, Adolf Hitler, Hans Lammers, Werner von Blomberg, Hjalmar Schacht, Franz Guertner, Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Richard Walther Darre, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Ruebenach, Franz Seldte and Walther Funk.
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Headline: Fighter pilot training, 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: At the Luftkriegsschule (Air War School), the young recruits learn to improve their marksmanship on the rolling "bomb carpet". Thereby a targeting and dropping device is simulated.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00363933Fighter pilot training, 1937At the Luftkriegsschule (Air War School), the young recruits learn to improve their marksmanship on the rolling "bomb carpet". Thereby a targeting and dropping device is simulated.
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Headline: Antiaircraft soldiers, 1938Date: 27.10.1938Image text: Young antiaircraft soldiers of the Wehrmacht are demobbed after their military service.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363934Antiaircraft soldiers, 1938Young antiaircraft soldiers of the Wehrmacht are demobbed after their military service.
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Headline: Exemption from military service, 1936Date: 10.10.1936Image text: A volunteer group of the Infantry Regiment 67 are released after the military service in Spandau.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363935Exemption from military service, 1936A volunteer group of the Infantry Regiment 67 are released after the military service in Spandau.
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Headline: Military school in Potsdam, 1936Date: 01.01.1936Image text: The newly opened Kriegsschule of the German Wehrmacht for officer training on the Bornstedterfeld Potsdam.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363936Military school in Potsdam, 1936The newly opened Kriegsschule of the German Wehrmacht for officer training on the Bornstedterfeld Potsdam.
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Headline: Panzertruppenschule (Armoured Corps School) in Wunsdorf, 1937Date: 01.01.1937Image text: A bivouac of the 1st Division of the Panzer Regiment 8 in the Panzertruppenschule (Armour School) in Wunsdorf. On the field there are tanks of the model Panzerkampfwagen 1. Trainees of the Wehrmacht are preparing presumably for an exercise.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00363937Panzertruppenschule (Armoured Corps School) in Wunsdorf, 1937A bivouac of the 1st Division of the Panzer Regiment 8 in the Panzertruppenschule (Armour School) in Wunsdorf. On the field there are tanks of the model Panzerkampfwagen 1. Trainees of the Wehrmacht are preparing presumably for an exercise.
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