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Outbreak of the war in Germany 1914

Soldier takes leave from his family, 1914

A woman decorates a soldier with flowers as he is about to leave for the front of the First World War.

German soldiers travel to the Western front, 1914

Soldiers in a freight car cheer in the open doors. Written on the side walls: 'Excursion to Paris', 'See you again on the Boulevard', 'The tip of my sword itches to fight'.

A wife accompanies a soldier to the barracks, 1914

After their war wedding, the married couple make their way to the barracks, as the husband has to leave for the front soon.

German soldier hands over his civilian clothes, 1914

After changing into his uniform, a soldier gives his mother his civilian clothes through the fence of the barracks.

Mobilization in Berlin, 1914

After the proclamation of the mobilization, first troops already march in Berlin in front of the armoury.

Outbreak of war in Berlin, 1914

A crowd of people on the Schlossbruecke at the Berlin cathedral on the day of the outbreak of the First World War.

Berlin 1914: the outbreak of war in Germany

In Berlin is proclaimed the mobilization and the state of imminent danger of war.

Order of mobilization, 1914

The order of mobilization, signed by Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Reich chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg.

Berlin people reading the news, 1914

Berlin people read special editions of papers on the Moritz place during the days of the mobilization.

Horses for the military service, 1914

During the days of the mobilization, horses are being collected for the German troops.

Postings of war news, 1914

At the station zoological garden in Berlin, women and men read the latest news on the war in the 'German war newspaper', which was published by the Berlin local paper.

Posting of news in Berlin, 1914

A crowd gathers in front of a store of a local Berlin paper's dispatch room to read news on the mobilization and the imminent outbreak of the war.

Women and soldiers after mass in Berlin, 1914

Women and soldiers in Berlin after the mass in the cathedral on the day of the opening of the 'Reichstag', the old German parliament.

Front page of a German colonial paper, 1914

A newspaper from the German colony Tsingtau (tody province Shandong in China) with the breaking news of the imminent war, just one day before the actual outbreak of the First World War.

Front page of a Berlin local paper, 1914

A Berlin local paper report about the tense atmosphere in Germany before the outbreak of the First World War and about rumours of a possible German mobilization.

News correction in a Berlin local paper, 1914

A Berlin local paper corrects its report on the mobilization of the army and marines on orders of the Kaiser.

Special edition of a Berlin local paper, 1914

A Berlin local paper informs about the mobilization of the German army and marines on orders of the Kaiser.

Outbreak of war in Munich and Berlin, 1914

Upper picture: Munich Odeons Place at the proclamation of the mobilization. Lower Picture: Proclamation of the 'state of imminent war danger' in Berlin.

Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and his wife at a tennis match, 1914

Friedrich Wilhelm and his wife Caecilie in Berlin on their way to watch a tennis match between the teams of Berlin and Paris, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War.

Kaiser Wilhelm and his wife after mass, 1914

Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife return home to the Berlin City Palace from a mass in the cathedral on the day of the opening of parliament.

Cheering Berliners at the Crown Princes Palais, 1914

A jubilant crowd gathers in front of the Crown Prince's Palais during the days of mobilization.

Cheering Berliners in front of the palace, 1914

Cheering Berliners celebrate the Kaiser with a "Kaiserhoch", a cheer on the Kaiser, in front of the Berlin city palace.

Berliners in front of the City Palace, 1914

Berliners await news in front of the City Palace after the arrival of Kaiser Wilhelm.

Arrival of Wilhelm II. in Berlin, 1914

Kaiser Wilhelm II. returns to Berlin during the days of mobilization and is greeted by a cheering crowd on the streets.

Crowd in front of the Berlin City Palace, 1914

During the mobilization days, Berliners await news in front of the Berlin City Palace.

War euphoria on the Odeons Place in Munich, 1914

A cheering crowd on the Odeons Place in Munich welcomes the Kaiser's order of the mobilization of the German army. Among them is Adolf Hitler, here not identifyable.

Mobilization days in Berlin, 1914

Pedestrians read the newspaper special editions in the shop windows at the Potsdamer Place in Berlin.

Riots in a Munich coffee shop, 1914

On the occasion of the German declaration of war to Serbia, the guests of a coffee shop in Munich asked the band to play the song 'The watch on the Rhine'. The band did not play - the guests demolished the shop.

Scenic from the scenic prologue "1914", 1914

Scene from the play "1914" by Wilhelm Schmitbonn, which portrays farmers, trading assistans and proletarians in a brotherly union for the Kaiser and the Reich. Right to left: Feldhammer, Werner Krauss, Eduard von Winterstein and Lucie Hoeflich.

Scene from the play 'Krümel vor Paris', 1914

Scene from the patriotic play 'Krümel vor Paris', presented by the Residenztheater in Berlin. The actors are dressed up as German and Austrian soldiers.

Changing of the guards of the Berlin city castle, 1914

The changing of the guards in front of the Berlin city castle under the watching eye of pedestrians.

Selection of cars for war purposes in Berlin, 1914

During the mobilization days in Berlin, cars were being selected for war purposes. This lorry belongt to the Berlin local paper, the 'Berliner Lokalanzeiger', owner August Scherl.

Selection of cars for war purposes, 1914

During the mobilization days in Berlin, cars are being selected for war purposes. The car of the brand Kliemt used to belong to the lacquer factory of J.C. Schullz from Berlin - Neukoelln.

Farmers and mountain guides as guards in the Alps, 1914

During the First World War, farmers and mountain guides served as armed guards of the passes and railway embankments in the Bavarian mountains.

Military parade in Berlin, 1914

People on the Unter den Linden Street in Berlin watch a military parade.

Departure of American citizens from Berlin, 1914

The American ambassador Gerard says goodbye to American citizen, who return back home after the outbreak of the war.

Departure of American citizens from Berlin, 1914

American citizens on their way back home at the Berlin station Charlottenburg.

Covered foreign advertisment signs, 1914

During the days of mobilization in Berlin, foreign cardboards and advertisment signs had been covered.

Car inspection, 1914

An inspection team checks a Mercedes car on its war suitability.

Volunteers for the Red Cross, 1914

Volunteers wait in front of the building of the Red Cross in Berlin to offer their help.

Expulsion of Russian citizens, 1914

Russian citizens cross a military gate of the German Landwehr on their way back to Russia via Sweden.

Mobilization in Berlin, 1914

On the day of the proclamation of the general mobilization, Berliners flock on the streets.

Berliners with a food basket, 1914

During the days of the July crisis, Berliners buy groceries to be prepared for a possible food shortage during war times.

Russian workers leave Berlin, 1914

Russian citzens are being lead to a staion in Berlin under surveillance of German soldiers.

Berlin home guard on patroll, 1914

The Berlin home guard patrolls a train track during the first days after the outbreak of the war.

Members of the Berlin home guard, 1914

Volunteering civilians of the Berlin home guard are being given intructions. They were distributed over Berlin as guards at the stations, streets and bridges to impede possible acts of sabotage.

Young guard at a railway crossing, 1914

A grammar school boy as a station guard with a gun at a railway crossing. Out of fear of possible acts of sabotage, volunteering civilians were positioned at stations for controlling purposes.

Berliners reading news on the war, 1914

At the corner of Unter den Linden and Wilhelm Street, Berliners meet and read news about the war.

First lists of casualties in Berlin, 1914

Berliners gather in front of the first lists of casualties in the middle of August 1914 in front of the former war academy in the Dorotheen Street.

Guards at a station in Berlin, 1914

Armed civilians from the 'Buergerwehr', the German home guard, watch the entrance to a station in Berlin in order to prevent a possible act of sabotage.

Russian workers leave Berlin, 1914

A Russian worker convoy leaves Berlin packed with boxes under the surveillance of German soldiers during the mobilization days.

Run on the Reichsbank, 1914

Concerned Berliners wait in front of the Reichsbank during the July crisis in order to save their Money.

Run on a Berlin savings bank, 1914

Concerned Berliners gather outside a savings bank at the Muehlendamm after the assassination in Sarajewo in order to save their money.

Redelivery of private luggage, 1914

Overloaded horse carriages deliver private luggage back to the sender from the stations in Berlin as military transports require more space on the trains.

Demolished train, 1914

A tran waggon, 'demolished by the French' (writing on the train), which was hold back at the border on its way to France,

War donation for the Red Cross, 1914

A boy collects war donations for the Red Cross during the First World War.

Scene from 'All quiet on the Western Front', 1930

Scene from Lewis Milestone's film 'All quiet on the Western Front', which portrays the initial war euphoria of the German population at the outbreak of the First World War.

Statue of the 'Storming warrior', 1914

Statue the 'Storming Warrior' by Hans Dammann. It captures the euphoria of the first war months in Germany. Inscription: Ave Caesar. Morituri te salutant. Heil dir Caesar. Hail Caesar, the doomed greet you.

Soldiers saying goodbye to their families, 1914

A German soldier, decorated with flowers, is taking leave from his family before marching up on the front of the First World War. Women provide him with so called 'love tokens', gifts and food for the time at the front.

Departing Infantry Regiment in Munich, 1914

An Infantry Regiment in the streets of Munich on the way to the station to be transported towards France. In the background: the Koenigsplatz.

Departure of the 76. Regiment from Hamburg, 1914

The 76th Infantry Regiment of Hamburg on its departure day to the front of the First Wolrd War.

Marching up on the front, 1914

German soldiers, decorated with flowers, on their way to the front of the First World War, accompanied by their wives.

Departure of Bavarian troops, 1914

Departure of the First Royal Bavarian Heavy Cavalry Regiment Prince Charles of Bavaria for the front of the First World War.

Departure of Bavarian troops, 1914

A Bavarian Infantry Regiment in the streets on Munich on the way to the station to be transported to France. In the background the Koenigsplatz with the 'Propylaen'.

Volunteer soldiers in Karlsruhe, 1914

During the mobilization days in Karlsruhe, many men register voluntarily for miliary service and are being provided with uniforms and equipment.

Bavarian Infantry Regiment, 1914

Last roll call of the Bavarian Infantry Regiment before heading out to the front.

Departing Bavarian Infantry Regiment, 1914

The Bavarian Infantry 'Leibregiment' are being provided with rifle cartriges before their departure to the front.

Royal Bavarian 6th Infantry Regiment, 1914

Official leave-taking of the Royal Bavarian 6th Infantry Regiment Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia, in the second yard of the Kaiser Wilhelm barracks in Amberg. On a horse at the bottom right Colonel Moehl, Commanding Officer.

Departure of volunteers to the front, 1914

Departure of trained volunteers in Berlin, accompanied by their loved ones and decorated with flowers.

Departing troops in Berlin, 1914

Departing troops are being accompanied by their families.

Nurses present soldiers with gifts, 1914

Red Cross nurses distribute little presents, so called 'love tokens', to the departing soldiers.

Departure of the Luebeck Infantry Regiment 162, 1914

Departure of the Luebeck Infantry regiment 162 from Luebeck to the front. In the background: the Holsten Gate.

Troops on their way to the front, 1914

Departing troops in Berlin at the corner of Friedrich Street and Koch Street during the days of the mobilization.

Field mass with the Royal Family, 1914

Field mass of the First Foot Guards in the Lustgarten of the Potsdam City Palace. Members of the Royal Family of the Kaiser and military leaders stand in the foreground.

Taking leave from the family, 1914

A soldier says goodbye to his relatives as he is about to march up on the front of the First World War.

Departing cadets, 1914

Young cadets say goodbye to fellow cadets, who are leaving to join the troops at the front of the First World War.

Flowers for departing soldiers beginning of the first world war, 1914

A woman presents flowers to paramedic soldiers on a horse carriage, who are going to war. It started with two shots in Sarajevo and ended in the "seminal catastrophe of the 20th century": The First World War was a mass war of hitherto unprecedented scale and ultimately captured three-quarters of the world population. From 1914 to 1918 the "Great War" claimed 17 million human lives.

Last drink before departing to the front, 1914

Soldiers, decorated with flowers, take their last drink before departing to the front of the First World War.

Blessing of the Bavarian Infantry Regiment in Munich, 1914

Blessing of the Bavarian Infantry Regiment in the streets of Munich as they are about to march up on the front of the First World War.

Departure of a Guards Regiment for the front, 1914

A German Guard Regiment on their way to the front during the mobilization days in Berlin.

Field mass with the Royal Family in Berlin, 1914

The First Guard Regiment at a field mass at the Lustgarten in Berlin. In the foregound the Royal Family on bended knees.

Military field hospital on its way to the front, 1914

An ambulance column in the streets of Berlin on their way to the western front in the first days of the mobilization.

Ambulance colony on their way to the front, 1914

An ambulance colony on horseback on the streets of Berlin during the first days of the mobilization on their way to the front.

Conscripted Lansturm soldiers , 1914

Conscripted Lansturm soldiers in the streets of Berlin.

Reservists on the march, 1914

Reservists on the way to be kitted out.

Reservists in Hamburg, 1914

Newly kitted out reservists in Hamburg.

Berlin reservists in uniform, 1914

Berlin reservists after receiving their uniforms.

Prussian Guards Cuirassiers march out, 1914

The Prussian Guards Cuirassiers march out from Berlin

Soldiers bid farewell, 1914

During mobilisation in Berlin soldiers ready to march out say goodbye to their wives and families.

Berlin reservists, 1914

Berlin reservists on their way to the station.

Reservists on a truck , 1914

German Reservists gripped by war fever on a truck during mobilization.

The Royal Bavarian 7th Infantry Regiment departs for the front, 1914

The Royal Bavarian 7th Infantry Regiment 'Prince Leopold' from Bayreuth departs for the front.

Mobilisation in Berlin, 1914

Red Cross aid programme in Berlin during the mobilisation: recruits are served coffee and softdrinks by Red Cross helpers.

Boy and Guards soldier in Berlin, 1914

A boy in uniform is marching at a corporal's side, presumably they are father and son. The German men are called up for military service when they are over the age of 18.

Lansturm soldiers at a streetcar, 1914

Newly kitted out Lansturm soldiers board a streetcar in Berlin.

Conscripted reservists with their equipment, 1914

Conscripted reservists with children and their new army gear.

Conscripted reservists in Berlin, 1914

Conscripted reservists pass the Neue Wache ('New Guard House') at the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Platz (now called Bebelplatz) in Berlin during mobilization.

Marching out from Berlin, 1914

Soldiers on their way to the front march through the streets of Berlin.

Departure of Berlin volunteers, 1914

Trained Berlin volunteers depart for the front.

Reservists on their way to the municipal enlistment office, 1914

Reservists on their way to the municipal enlistment office in the General-Pape-Straße in Berlin.

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