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SZ Photo - Life during the war

Even in wartime normal everyday life goes on: summer vacations, leisure, sports and entertainment. But family life during wartime is also characterised by separation and farewell, evacuation of children, furlough, marriage ceremonies and death notices. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Bathers on a lake, 1943

28.06.1943 - A woman sunbathing on a jetty. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldiers in the furlough, 1943

02.06.1943 - Tankers and armored workers enjoy their leave from the front in small groups together with their wives and girlfriends. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldiers in furlough, 1943

03.06.1943 - While on holiday in Seefeld in Tyrol two tankers with a female friend go on a mountain hike. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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BDM girls care for a mother and child at  a Berlin train station, 1943

17.08.1943 - Members of the BDM (League of German Girls) help the NSV (National Socialist People's Welfare)train station service with the care of mothers who are traveling to the countryside wi...
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Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation of children to the countryside) with a special train in Berlin, 1943

17.08.1943 - A member of the BDM (League of German Girls), which was entrusted by the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt - NSV (National Socialist People's Welfare) to care for mothers and t...
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BDM girls with children and mothers at a Berlin train station, 1943

17.08.1943 - Members of the BDM (League of German Girls) help the NSV (National Socialist People's Welfare) train station service to care for mothers traveling under the auspices of the 'Kinder...
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Hans Frank with children evacuated from German cities, 1943

23.01.1943 - The Governor General of occupied Poland, Hans Frank, at a train with children being evacuated by the 'Kinderlandverschickung' (evacuation of children to the countryside). [XPAEXPOR...
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Children in a Kinderlandverschickungslager (evacuation camp for children) in Bavaria, 1943

01.09.1943 - Children at the window in a home for young girls in Ettal in Bavaria. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Evacuated children return home to Berlin, 1941

07.09.1941 - Children, who were evacuated to Pomerania because of air attacks, are greeted by a brass band at a train station in Berlin. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Children during the Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation of children to the countryside) on their way to a Berlin train station, 1943

01.01.1942 - With their transport tags around their necks, children are going to the train station. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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BDM girls with mother and child at a Berlin train station, 1943

17.08.1943 - Members of the BDM (League of German Girls) help the NSV (National Socialist People's Welfare) train station service to care for the mothers and children evacuating through the Kin...
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Parents wave goodbye to their children at a Berlin train station, 1943

17.08.1943 - Parents wave to the departing train which is carrying children from Berlin because of air attacks. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Street scene in Berlin, 1941

03.10.1941 - A sunny autumn afternoon at the Kurfuerstendamm - there is no sign of war yet [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Berlin during the war, 1942

12.07.1941 - After the start of the Russian campaign, many shop windows of the city posted maps from the eastern theater of war with the front line which were of great interest to the populatio...
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Berlin during the Second World War

07.04.1942 - Walker on the Kurfuerstendamm in front of the Caf? Kranzler for Easter time - there is no sign of war. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Comedian Cabaret ('Kabarett der Komiker')

01.01.1941 - People gather in front of the Comedian Cabaret [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Berlin hungry for theatre, 1942

13.10.1942 - People queue for tickets for the Metropol theatre. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Lotte Hermann in 'Women in the Metropol, 1940

25.09.1940 - The dancer Lotte Hermann during a solo dance in the operetta 'Women in the Metropol' at the Metropol Theater in Berlin. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Departure of a soldier on leave at the train station

01.11.1939 - A soldier takes leave of his wife and child. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Departure of a soldier on leave at the train station

01.11.1939 - A soldier takes leave of his wife and child. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Soldier on leave with his family at a Christmas celebration

01.12.1943 - Non-commissioned officer with his wife and children at a Christmas celebration of the Scherl Publishing House. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldier on leave with his family, 1939

01.01.1939 - Street scene in a village: a soldier with his wife and child. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Soldier on leave with his family, 1942

01.01.1942 - Non-commissioned officer with his family while shopping, each of the four children has a Christmas package. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldier on leave with his family, 1939

01.01.1939 - Street scene in a village: a soldier with his wife and child. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Soldier on Furlough with his Family, 1939

01.01.1939 - Back from the war: An air force corporal meets his wife and child at the train station. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Soldier on leave: A family says farewell at a train station in Berlin

01.01.1942 - An officer takes leave of his wife and child. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Family with small child, 1939

01.01.1939 - A Master Sergeant of the armed forces on leave with his wife at the bed of their child. The soldier belongs to infantry regiment 54. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Departure of soldiers on leave from a train station

01.01.1941 - The end of leave: sailors take leave of their girlfriends at a train. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Hitler Youth practice the war action, 1939

01.09.1939 - Under the supervision of an official of the Reich air defense league, Hitler boys practice the placement of gas masks on the training ground of the RLB at the Blucher Square in Ber...
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BDM girls look after a woman and her child at the Kinderlandverschickung, 1943

17.08.1943 - BDM girls help within the framework of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside) of the NSV railway station service to look after the departing mothers and c...
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Kinderlandverschickung of Berliner children, 1940

08.10.1940 - Berliner children are evacuated from the capital with special trains within the framework of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside). Here a special train...
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Kinderlandverschickung (sending of children to the land) to Hungary, 1942

01.12.1942 - Children from Westphalia were evacuated from the Empire as part of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending of children to the land) and were hosted by ethnic Germans in Hungary. [XPAEX...
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Kinderlandverschickung (sending of children to the countryside), 1943

18.07.1943 - As part of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside) children from Berlin are evacuated. Here they say goodbye to their fathers. Right, a police officer. [XP...
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BDM girl looks after children, 1943

27.08.1943 - A Berlin BDM girl looks after children who have been evacuated from their home as part of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside), and reads them from the...
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Kinderlandverschickung camp in Bavaria, 1943

01.09.1943 - In a camp of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside) in Bavaria two girls are cleaning up their locker. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside) in Berlin, 1941

01.01.1941 - Children from Berlin were evacuated from the capital as part of the Kinderlandverschickung (sending children to the countryside). Here you can see them when climbing in a tour bus....
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Bathers at the Wannsee in Berlin, 1940

21.04.1940 - People sunbathe at the Strandbad Wannsee. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Hitler Youth members during a propaganda event, 1940

01.01.1940 - Hitler Youth members in a hall in Hamburg during a so-called 'Assembly of the Youth' under a banner 'Down with the English world enemy'. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Margit Symo, 1940

01.01.1940 - Dancer Margit Symo (alias Margarita Simo), dancing at a vaudeville show at Berlin Wintergarten. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Heinz Schorlemmer and R. Fraenzel at a rehearsal of an operetta, 1940

29.08.1940 - Heinz Schorlemmer (center) rehearses under the direction of R. Fraenzel (left) with ballet dancers at the Metropol Theater for the operetta 'Frauen am Metropol' in the Metropol The...
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Children get soup during the holiday, 1942

11.07.1942 - During the school holiday children receive soup. While the mothers are working in factories, the children are looked after centrally. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier with his family in Berlin, 1940

01.01.1940 - A soldier holds his child in his arms. The rifle is decorated with flowers from the official reception. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German soldiers study a train timetable

01.01.1939 - A non-commissioned officer of a railway station (left) shows to a soldier on furlough a holidaymakers train. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German soldiers eat in the train compartment, 1941

30.09.1941 - Soldier on furlough spooning soup from their bowls. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers on the beach of Wannsee, 1940

09.06.1940 - Tankers in uniform go along the beach of the Strandbad Wannsee during their holiday. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German soldier on furlough with his girlfriend, 1940

01.01.1940 - A soldier sits with a woman on a park bench. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German war-disabled soldier, 1943

03.06.1943 - A war disabled soldier, a tanker on vacation in a holiday resort for members of the Armored Command and of the tank industry. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Sunbathing

02.06.1941 - During the 'Pentecost days of the German physical exercises', participants relax on a lawn of the Reich Sports Field. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Young woman in Berlin, 1942

01.09.1942 - A young woman lies in the grass and relaxes. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Concert at the Philharmonie in Berlin, 1943

09.01.1943 - View of the house of the Philharmonie during a concert of the Orchestra Willi Stech. On the backs of the seats hang notes with instructions in case of an air raid alarm. [XPAEXPORT...
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German soldiers on rest and recuperation, 1943

22.02.1943 - A noncommissioned officer of the Army patrol service (2nd from left) gathers in a catering place of the DRK soldiers on furlough for a performance of a cabaret piece on a cabaret s...
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German soldiers on rest and recuperation play skat, 1941

30.09.1941 - Soldiers of the Luftwaffe spend their time with a card game. At the window a request to respect the blackout regulations. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers on rest and recuperation in a train, 1942

01.01.1942 - A soldier of the Zugwache (train guard) controls the leave orders of two noncommissioned officers of the Wehrmacht on the way to Germany. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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At a Concert at a War plant in Germany, 1943

17.05.1943 - Workers and employees listen to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony played at concert at a war plant. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldiers of the Weapon-SS at the Wannsee beach, 1940

09.06.1940 - Two tourists in uniform watch the happening on the Wannsee. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Large family in the Third Reich, 1941

08.04.1941 - A photo of the Schmidt family from Koepprich (Glatz District). Josef Schmidt and his wife sit on the right and the left in the middle of the picture. In the middle is their younges...
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Distribution of food coupons in the Third Reich, 1939

27.08.1939 - Assistants of the Nazi People's Welfare Organization distribute the newly introduced coupons for groceries to a family. The wife holds a child in her arms. The coupons served as a...
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Children being sent to the countryside from Berlin, 1943

01.07.1943 - Parents bring their children to the train with which they will be taken to the countryside to get them out of Berlin which is threatened by bomb attacks. Around their necks the chi...
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Heinz Goedecke during the propaganda show "Request Programme" in the Second World War

01.01.1939 - The "Request Programme" ("Wehrmacht Request Concert") which was launched at the beginning of the war by the Reich Broadcasting was a huge success, which had millions of listeners e...
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German soldiers in a train of holidaymakers, 1941

30.09.1941 - Soldiers eat soup in a 3rd class compartment. Above the seats there are signs with the inscription 'The enemy is listening!'. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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A soldier on leave tells his wartime experiences, 1941

01.01.1941 - Propaganda photo of a soldier on leave, who is at home with his family telling his wartime experiences. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Vacation in the holiday village of tankers and armaments worker, 1943

03.06.1943 - German tankers, armaments worker and tank crew with their wives and fiancees spend some vacation days in the National Socialist holiday village of the tankers and tank crew in Tyro...
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Vacation in the holiday village of tankers and tank crew, 1943

03.06.1943 - German tankers, armaments worker and tank crew with their wives and fiancees spend some vacation days in the National Socialist holiday village of the tankers and tank crew in Tyro...
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Soldiers on leave with family at a Christmas party, 1943

24.12.1943 - An Wehrmacht soldier on leave has fun with his wife and his son at the Christmas party of the Scherl publishing house. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Women are condemned to the pillory and shaved

01.01.1939 - Women, who during the Second World War had relations with prisoners of war or "foreign workers", are pilloried publicly and their heads are shaved. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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A soldier with his little daughter, 1942

04.02.1942 - A soldier of the Wehrmacht is on home leave and sees his daughter for the first time. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers during World War II, 1943

01.01.1943 - Wehrmacht soldiers with young women during a vacation of the so-called Adolf-Hitler-Freiplatzspende in Rueckersdorf. [XPAEXPORTID003007]
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Egon Kinowsky as a soldier during World War II, 1943

01.01.1943 - Egon Kinowsky as a private with his girlfriend during a furlough. [XPAEXPORTID003007]
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Egon Kinowsky as a soldier during World War II, 1943

01.01.1943 - Egon Kinowsky as a private with his girlfriend during a furlough. [XPAEXPORTID003007]
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Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation of children) to Hungary, 1942

01.12.1942 - Children from Westphalia who were brought to "Volksdeutsche" (ethnic Germans) in Hungary for safety reasons. Here a "Reichsdeutsche" teacher, supported by a Hitler Youth team leade...
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Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation of children) to Hungary, 1942

01.12.1942 - Children from Westphalia who were brought to "Volksdeutsche" (ethnic Germans) in Hungary for safety reasons. Here teaches a "Reichsdeutscher" teacher. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation of children) to Hungary, 1942

01.12.1942 - Children from Westphalia who were brought to "Volksdeutsche" (ethnic Germans) in Hungary for safety reasons. Here two of the boys are fighting, while the rest of the group and a su...
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Relocation of children to the countryside, 1939

08.10.1940 - At Anhalter station parents bid farewell to their children, who are sent in alarm-free areas by a special train. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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Children evacuated to the country bid farewell in Berlin, 1943

07.04.1943 - Parents say goodbye to their children at the station, before they leave with 1200 other kids to Denmark within the Kinderlandverschickung program (relocation of children to the cou...
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Kinderlandverschickung ( evacuation of children) from Berlin, 1943

17.08.1943 - Parents say goodbye to their children at the school train. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Flight from Berlin, 1943

17.08.1943 - Given the threat of air strikes many residents left Berlin in the summer of 1943, here at a railway station. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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A German wounded in the hospital, 1944

27.11.1944 - A Hungarian and a German sister (right) helping a wounded man in a field hospital in the southern Eastern Front. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers, 1943

01.01.1943 - NCOs of the Luftwaffe on home leave. [XPAEXPORTID003006]
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German soldier on his home leave, 1943

01.01.1943 - A non-commissioned officer of the Luftwaffe with two women [XPAEXPORTID003006]
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Wedding, 1943

01.01.1943 - A non-commissioned officer of the Luftwaffe after the wedding ceremony with his wife. [XPAEXPORTID003006]
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Wedding at a military hospital during the war

01.01.1939 - A corporal of the Wehrmacht and his future wife (sitting at the table) during their war wedding at a military hospital. In the background, other members of the Wehrmacht, nurses an...
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Wedding at a military hospital during the war

01.01.1939 - A corporal of the Wehrmacht and his future wife (sitting at the table) during their war wedding at a military hospital. In the background, other members of the Wehrmacht, nurses an...
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Bathers on a lake, 1943
BDM girls care for a mother and child at  a Berlin train station, 1943
Hans Frank with children evacuated from German cities, 1943
Soldiers in the furlough, 1943
Kinderlandverschickung (evacuation of children to the countryside) with a special train in Berlin, 1943
Children in a Kinderlandverschickungslager (evacuation camp for children) in Bavaria, 1943
Soldiers in furlough, 1943
BDM girls with children and mothers at a Berlin train station, 1943
Evacuated children return home to Berlin, 1941

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