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Photo, Print, Drawing Lager im Emsland Alte SA in der Wachtmannschaft der Strafgefangenenlager im Emsland

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Title

  • Lager im Emsland

Other Title

  • Alte SA in der Wachtmannschaft der Strafgefangenenlager im Emsland

Summary

  • Presentation album to Adolf Hitler, Christmas 1935, from the guards at the prison camps in the Emsland region of Germany--Börgermoor, Aschendorf (i.e. Aschendorfermoor), Brual-Rhede, Walchum, Neu-Sustrum, and Oberlangen. The photographs show guards, prisoners, facilities, and activities at the camps in a positive light. Photos of the guards include group photos of each camp's guards; guards in formation; training with weapons & horses; engaging in sports activities; cleaning weapons after duty; working in the guard house; grooming horses; mounted guards along the German/Dutch border; guard towers along the border. Prisoners are shown in formation; going to work; building streets with stones; building a canal along the border; digging potatoes; constucting a building; hauling manure wagon; working at machines; blacksmithing; leatherwork and sewing; taking a lunch break; returning from work on a special train. Views of the camps include panoramic, bird's-eye views of each camp; watch towers, buildings and machinery in the camps; road signs along the roads connecting the camps; waterworks building; a sod(?) building on the moor to protect against lightning storms; prisoners' barracks; guards' dayroom in barracks; camp laundry; camp kitchen showing equipment. Also views of the moors; canals and canal boats. A sailor, a shepherd, a farmer and a peatcutter from the area are also pictured. Additionally, the album includes a dedication to Hitler, hand-signed by the camps' commander Werner Schäfer, and a page showing the progress in crop production, roads laid, and general development of the camps from their inception in 1934 to Dec. 1935.

Names

  • Talbot, Walter, photographer
  • Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, DLC, former owner
  • Schäfer, Werner, 1904- DLC, associated name
  • Third Reich Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Created / Published

  • 1935.

Headings

  • -  Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.--Sturmabteilung--Pictorial works
  • -  Concentration camps--Germany--Emsland (Landkreis)--History--20th century--Pictorial works
  • -  Political prisoners--Germany--Emsland (Landkreis)--History--20th century--Pictorial works
  • -  Emsland (Germany : Landkreis)--History--Pictorial works
  • -  Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--People--1930-1940
  • -  Prisons--Germany--Emsland--1930-1940
  • -  Prisoners--Germany--Emsland--1930-1940
  • -  Prison guards--Germany--Emsland--1930-1940

Format Headings

  • Group portraits--1930-1940.
  • Landscape photographs--1930-1940.
  • Panoramic views--1930-1940.
  • Photograph albums--1930-1940.
  • Photographic prints--1930-1940.
  • Portrait photographs--1930-1940.

Genre

  • Photograph albums--1930-1940
  • Photographic prints--1930-1940
  • Panoramic views--1930-1940
  • Landscape photographs--1930-1940
  • Group portraits--1930-1940
  • Portrait photographs--1930-1940

Notes

  • -  Title supplied by information from Documentation and Information Center (DIZ), Papenburg, Germany.
  • -  Captions handwritten on pages.
  • -  Gassert & Mattern cite title as: Die alte SA in der Wachtmannschaft der Strafgefangenenlager im Emsland, taken from the first line of the accompanying letter mounted on p. [2] of cover of album. Cf. Gassert & Mattern for text of dedication to Hitler.
  • -  Accompanying letter reads: "Die alten SA-Männer der Wachtmannschaft der Strafgefangenenlager Emsland bitten den Führer, für 6 Lager je 2 SA-Männer, die besonders bedürftig sind, aussuchen zu lassen und für 14 Tage ihrer Kameradschaft und Pfelge zu überweisen. Der Kammandeur der Strafgefangenenlager im Emsland [signed] Schäfer, Standartenführer. Papenburg, Weihnacht 1935".
  • -  Gassert & Mattern. Hitler library, 8
  • -  Transfer; Library of Congress Rare Book Division, 1973.
  • -  LC copy had shelf number X-d-15.

Medium

  • 1 album (149 b&w photographic prints) ; 30 x 40.5 cm. (album)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 11390 (H) [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98509455

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ds-11934 (digital file from original, front cover) LC-DIG-ds-11984 (digital file from original, back cover)

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Album not served for regular reference use; surrogate available.

Online Format

  • image

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  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ds-11934 (digital file from original, front cover) LC-DIG-ds-11984 (digital file from original, back cover)
  • Call Number: LOT 11390 (H) [P&P]
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Hitler, Adolf, Dlc, Former Owner, Werner Schäfer, and Third Reich Collection Dlc, Talbot, Walter, photographer. Lager im Emsland. Germany Landkreis Emsland, 1935. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98509455/.

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Hitler, A., Schäfer, W. & Third Reich Collection Dlc, Talbot, W., photographer. (1935) Lager im Emsland. Germany Landkreis Emsland, 1935. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/98509455/.

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Hitler, Adolf, Dlc, Former Owner, Werner Schäfer, and Third Reich Collection Dlc, photographer by Talbot, Walter. Lager im Emsland. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/98509455/>.