Background: The Bildbericht der Woche was a weekly production of the Nazi Party’s Reichspropagandaleitung. It was a film strip with an accompanying text to be presented at small meetings. A speaker would read the text. These would be used in outlying areas where people had less access to the weekly newsreel at movie theaters, or at neighborhood party meetings. It was also used in the military.
This is #12/1939, issued at the end of March 1939. Hitler had just marched into what was left of Czechoslovakia and secured the return of the Memel District from Lithuania. I do not have the text that accompanied the pictures, but have identified what I could. If you can identify any of the pictures, please let me know.
In 1941, 1575 copies of this were produced each week.
The opening slide
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The title slide
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Hitler Enters Prague Castle
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Cheering Crowds in Prague
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Hitler Greeting Someone
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Troops Marching
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Anti-Jewish Measures Promptly Introduced
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Troops Caring for Children
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Nazi Flags Being Passed Out to Wave at Hitler
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Hitler Drives Past
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Another Picture of the Parade
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Göring Greets Hitler
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Searchlights in Berlin Celebrate Hitler’s Triumphs (19 March)
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Map of the Memel District (in black)
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The Memel Harbor
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I’m not sure of this one
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The poster translates: “Better to have fought and died honorably than to have lost freedom and ruined one’s soul!”
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Hitler at the Railroad Station
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The closing graphic
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A German filmstrip projector |
Tags: Adolf Hitler, Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Lithuania, Nazi, Nazism, Seaman
