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title: Vorbeimarsch des Volkssturms an Goebbels (Vereidigung, Berlin)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/volkssturm-vorbeimarsch-goebbels-berlin-1944/
description: Rows of men in civilian hats and overcoats, many carrying Panzerfäuste and some a machine gun with belted ammunition, pack a Berlin street during the…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Wartime press photograph of men with Panzerfäuste and machine guns marching at the Volkssturm swearing-in, Berlin, 12 November 1944. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Vorbeimarsch des Volkssturms an Goebbels (Vereidigung, Berlin)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/volkssturm-vorbeimarsch-goebbels-berlin-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/volkssturm-vorbeimarsch-goebbels-berlin-1944.jpg)

# Vorbeimarsch des Volkssturms an Goebbels (Vereidigung, Berlin)

Rows of men in civilian hats and overcoats, many carrying Panzerfäuste and some a machine gun with belted ammunition, pack a Berlin street during the swearing-in of the Volkssturm. The archive caption says they marched past Reich Minister Goebbels.

## Text on the object

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No printed text is legible on the print.

[← Tag des Deutschen Volkssturmes in der Hauptstadt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/tag-des-deutschen-volkssturmes-berlin-1944/) ['Beware of the Triple Threat!!!' leaflet for American troops on Mindoro (1944-45) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/beware-triple-threat-mindoro-leaflet-1944/)

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