Lemberg - Deutsche Truppen in Lemberg

Photograph

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Name/Title

Lemberg - Deutsche Truppen in Lemberg

Entry/Object ID

03404

Tags

Military and security

Description

German troops (bicycle squad) in Lviv (on Svobody Ave between Doroshenko and Mykola Kopernykus avenues; the burning building in the background is Svobody Ave corner Mykola Kopernykus Street - see also #03195)

Photograph Details

Subject

Text on backside: After a hard and tenacious battle, the city of Lemberg in Galicia was captured by our troops. The population, who had hidden in cellars for days, streamed into the streets to greet the German soldiers joyfully upon their first appearance. Our picture shows bicycle squads riding through the streets of Lemberg.

Subject Place

City

Lviv - Lemberg - Leopolis - Lwów - Léopol - Львів

Country

Ukraine

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Street

Karl Ludwig Strasse - Svobody Avenue - Hetmańska - Legionów - Karola Ludwika - Lenin Prospekt - Adolf Hitler Ring - 1st May Street

Made/Created

Studio

PK - Kintscher - Scherl

Date made

1941

Dimensions

Height

18 cm

Width

13 cm