Nordamerikas Kulturträger an der Westfront – Antique Wall Art
(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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Nordamerikas Kulturträger an der Westfront comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Nordamerikas Kulturträger an der Westfront
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This print is captioned in German, "Nordamerikas Kulturträger an der Westfront," which translates roughly as "North America's bearers of culture on the Western Front." The phrase is sarcastic in tone, and the record links the picture to African American soldiers taken prisoner by German forces. Its date is given as 1943 or 1944, when Allied and German armies were fighting in western Europe. German propaganda often photographed captured Black American troops to mock the U.S. military's racial policies and to suggest that the Allied cause was hollow. The caption shows how the image was meant to be read as much as what it depicts.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [1943 or 1944] |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners--American--Germany. African Americans--War--1940-1950. Prisoners of war--American--1940-1950. Soldiers--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,201 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114798 |
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