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Weihnachtsfeier, Pressburg, 1943 – Vintage Wall Art

Weihnachtsfeier, Pressburg, 1943, 1943 — historic photograph
Weihnachtsfeier, Pressburg, 1943, 1943. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Weihnachtsfeier, Pressburg, 1943, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Weihnachtsfeier, Pressburg, 1943

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A German title, *Weihnachtsfeier, Pressburg, 1943*, places this Christmas gathering in Pressburg, the German name for Bratislava, then the capital of the Slovak State, a wartime republic closely tied to Nazi Germany. The photograph belongs to a collection documenting the worldwide activities of the Deutsche Akademie from 1938 to 1943, the Munich-based organization that promoted German language and culture abroad. Holiday events like this one, held in German communities beyond the Reich, were part of that cultural outreach. Its record lists Christmas and Bratislava as its subjects, offering a glimpse of wartime holiday life in a city at the center of these political and cultural ties.

Created / published1943
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesIn collection: Worldwide activities of the Deutsche Akademie, 1938-1943.
SubjectsChristmas--1940-1950. Bratislava (Slovakia)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan956 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162631

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