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German volunteer during the Spanish Civil War album
Creator
Unknown
Date1938
Mediumalbum: 130 gelatin silver prints, 3 maps
Dimensions27cm x 20cm (10.63 x 7.87 inches)
Credit LineAnonymous gift, 2020
Object number2021/226
ProvenanceAlbum of an unnamed German volunteer in the Condor Legion who served with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. Photographs document parades of German, Nationalist and African troops in Vitoria as well as battle scenes elsewhere in Spain. Many images are of German weaponry, Spanish vehicles, armaments (including bombs and poison gas cylinders?) plus numerous aircraft (Ju 52, Dornier Do 17 E-1). There is one photograph of the June 1939 Condor Legion victory parade in Berlin's Lustgarten. Album concludes with photographs of the Battle of France (destroyed towns and rail lines, burning bus), barracks life, weddings, funerals and finally winter warfare (probably on the Eastern Front).
LocationNot currently on display
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