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Content note: Photograph of Winterhilfswerk parcel packing in a room hung with a large swastika flag, 1935. This object is shown as it was published. Why

Weihnachtspakete für das W.H.W. (NSV packing parcels, Berlin)

Weihnachtspakete für das W.H.W. (NSV packing parcels, Berlin)

Four people, one in uniform with a swastika armband, pack Christmas parcels in a room hung with a large swastika flag; stacked boxes, tinned goods and bags of food fill the tables. A poster is partly visible on the back wall.

Date
December 1935
Period
Interwar
Made by
NS-Volkswohlfahrt (NSV) for the Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
Nazi Germany
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
Party
Regime
Nazi Germany
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Fundraise
Themes
Home front, Economy and finance
Event
Winterhilfswerk
Techniques
Transfer
Regime
Nazi Germany
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
Wikimedia Commons (Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-17313), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights
CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (German Federal Archives), as stated on the Commons file page
Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-17313 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

Dem Opfer [...]

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

To the sacrifice [...]

Only the first words of the partly hidden poster on the back wall are legible; the rest is marked [...].

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