Content note: Wartime press photograph of the Volkssturm swearing-in in Berlin, with an officer giving the Nazi salute, 12 November 1944. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Tag des Deutschen Volkssturmes in der Hauptstadt
On a wet Berlin street a column of Volkssturm men marches past a reviewing stand where officers in greatcoats stand, one with an arm raised in salute, and a banner is held beside a helmeted guard. The staging presents the militia as a mass, ceremonial body.
- Date
- November 12, 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- NSDAP / Deutscher Volkssturm, Reich propaganda press photograph
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- Party
- Regime
- Nazi Germany
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- Volkssturm
- Techniques
- Identity fusion
- Regime
- Nazi Germany
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1971-033-17), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (German Federal Archives), as stated on the Commons file page
Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1971-033-17 / Schwahn / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
[illegible]
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The banner at centre carries small lettering that is not legible.
