The official AHF Third Reich culture quiz thread

[Oberhessin]

To get this going: it was bought for 30.000 RM Adolf Hitler. Maybe it was a birthday present for Bormanns 40th birthday because now it is the former Bormann Villa in Pullach.

[Geoff Walden]

Is this sculpture in a location where it can be viewed by the public?

Thanks, Geoff

[Max]

Is this sculpture in a location where it can be viewed by the public?

Thanks, Geoff

Probably not.
It seems to be in the grounds of The Federal Intelligence Service (BND)

Google translation:

The predecessor organization of the BND, the Gehlen Organization was established in 1947 on the site of Reichssiedlung Rudolf Hess and Hitler's headquarters located Siegfried. The Empire settlement was in the years from 1936 to 1938 as a residence for the party elite of the NSDAP built.

Some of the buildings from the empire settlement can be seen from the Heilmannstraße from over the wall of the BND. The site is not accessible to the general public but, taking pictures is prohibited in the area of ​​the BND.

http://translate.google.com.au/translat ... 6bih%3D649

[Oberhessin]

Thats absolutely correct.
It is still in the garden of the "Präsidentenhaus" in the Bundesnachrichtendienst. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/bnd ... .1718891-7
the little one on the left side.
Whos turn is it? Go on please!

[Max]

Pic.jpg

Who is this person ?
Why is he of interest to this forum?
What is the superimposed character?

[Max]

He died in East Berlin in 1968 aged 77

[Adam Carr]

John Heartfield (1891-1968), born Helmut Herzfeld, German communist artist, well-known for his photo montage work attacking capitalism and the Nazis. Escaped to Britain in 1938 but returned to the DDR in 1949. I assume the "H" on the photo is for Heartfield, but it might be something else.

[Adam Carr]

One of his better known works: "Millions stand behind me" - implying (falsely) that Hitler was merely the hireling of the capitalists.

[Max]

Quite right on all counts Adam.
The H does stand for Heartfield and is engraved into the headstone of his grave.


This is one of my favorites

http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub ... ge_id=1929

Over to you

[Adam Carr]

Here is a Google Streetview picture of a church in Poland. At right, the same church before the war. (Seen from the other side, obviously - the church today can't be seen from this side because of postwar buildings.) Where is this church, and what is its connection to the cultural history of the Third Reich?

[PavelH]

Kołobrzeg city and basilica St. Mary's.
Veit Harlan`s propaganda movie Kolberg -1945.

P.

[Adam Carr]

Correct!

[Adam Carr]

It's interesting that your poster describes Kolberg as "the apotheosis of Nazi cinema." The film is set during the Napoleonic wars and contains to my knowledge absolutely nothing that could be called "Nazi." Its political message is simply German patriotism.

[PavelH]

A building built in a czech city for a certain purpose in 1932, used for another purpose from 1939 to 1945 . Used for a military purpose from 1945. For the original purpose use from 1991. The city? The purpose 1939-1945?

[Adam Carr]

Google Image search makes this game too easy, but I'll let someone else have a go.