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 source: Bildbericht der Woche, #12/1939
 The opening slide |
The title slide |
Hitler Enters Prague Castle |
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Hitler Greeting Someone |
Troops Marching |
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Troops Caring for Children |
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Hitler Drives Past |
Another Picture of the Parade |
Göring Greets Hitler |
Searchlights in Berlin Celebrate Hitler’s Triumphs (19 March) |
Map of the Memel District (in black) |
The Memel Harbor |
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 The poster translates: “Better to have fought and died honorably than to have lost freedom and ruined one’s soul!” |
Hitler at the Railroad Station |
A Seaman in the Harbor
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The closing graphic |
A German filmstrip projector
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Cheering Crowds in Prague
Anti-Jewish Measures Promptly Introduced
Nazi Flags Being Passed Out to Wave at Hitler
The Town Square in Memel [today Klaipėda]
