Ostland Woche №20516 (1944)

A man reads the English newspaper "Daily Mail" about the crushing blows to German positions.

The Director General of Internal Affairs of Estonia, Dr.

Hjalmar Mäe, gives a speech in the theater hall about the struggle of the Estonian people for their liberation.

The speech is illustrated by an image of a map of the USSR with its 16 republics, the name "Estonia" is emphasized, an arrow goes from Moscow to Estonia.

Listeners in the hall, among them the General Commissioner of Estonia Karl Litzmann.

Mäe announces a general mobilization in Estonia.

A view of propaganda posters about the fight against the Bolsheviks.

In Tallinn, an inspection of the Estonian volunteer division is taking place.

Litzmann and German generals drive in a car along a street destroyed by bombing, walk through ruins, go into a destroyed cathedral.

Litzmann talks to residents on the street.

Cities of Estonia destroyed by the Bolsheviks.

A view of the ruins of a fortress, a cathedral.

A destroyed church, church utensils are lying around.

A woman walks through rubble, an old woman pulls a sled with household goods.

On the day of the declaration of independence of the Filipino people, a parade was held in the capital Manila.

In the presence of Japanese military and civilian representatives, members of the Philippine government accept the parade.

Troops march, soldiers carry a bust of the president.

A demonstration of city residents takes place.

Young people from the Hitler Youth organization are enrolled in the SS Division Grossdeutschland (Great Germany) in one of the cities.

A column marches along the street, drummers and buglers play.

Columns in the market square, the commander goes through the formation, makes a speech.

Close-up of a patch on a soldier's sleeve.

Skiing competitions in the Tatras for the national championship.

Skiers prepare their skis.

Slalom competitions, falls.

A boxing match between Hungarians and Germans is taking place at the Volkstheater in Berlin.

European heavyweight champion Goppa competes against the Hungarian Tomasi.

The gong is struck, a series of punches follows.

Goppa is knocked out, but after the points are counted, the match is declared a draw.

There are many soldiers among the spectators.

In Zagreb, in the presence of senior officials, locomotives sent from Germany are accepted.

A test drive of a locomotive.

A stoker throws coal into the firebox.

Upon arrival, a woman gets out of the carriage and is greeted with flowers.

View of Budapest from the river, the parliament building.

Admiral Horthy awards Major General Kornel Oszlany the Order of Knighthood of Maria Theresa in the Royal Palace.

The award ceremony.

View of the award sheet, Horthy's signature.

Cornel Oslany is the first Hungarian army officer to receive this award.

Horthy shakes his hand.

SS General Herbert Otto Gille, SS General Theo Helmut Lieb and the commander of the Wallonia Division Leon Degrelle at a reception at Hitler's headquarters; they were awarded the Iron Cross for the battles in the Cherkasy encirclement.

Hitler talks to them at the table.

Battles on the Dnieper, Vitebsk-Zhitomir-Kirovograd line.

Concentration of German tanks on a snow-covered field, Stukas in the sky.

Tanks drive past a populated area.

German observers notice that there are dummies of Soviet tanks on the field, placed as bait.

The division commander looks out of the open hatch of a tank for a live target and fires the tank's gun.

Soviet soldiers surrender.

Tanks and infantry enter the village.

Broken Soviet tanks stand in the snow.

A German tank drives toward the camera.

A battle is underway at the Nettuno bridgehead, with aircraft, artillery, and tanks.

Heavy artillery repels an attack by Anglo-American aircraft.

A burning aircraft falls and burns out on the ground.

A section of the battlefield.

Tanks and motorcyclists drive along the road to Aprilia.

A network of wires from the high command post.

Assault units of the German parachute troops occupy positions abandoned by the Anglo-American troops.

Explosions of heavy artillery shells.

Soldiers in a trench, officers among the soldiers.

German soldiers march along the Maletto Valley toward the front line.

Nettuno under artillery fire.

German tanks camouflaged with branches enter the road.

Captured British and Americans on the road and at a rest stop.

A minefield cleared by sappers.

The road is littered with explosion craters, and there are broken tanks.

The road from Aprilia to Nettuno, which changed hands several times.

Corpses of soldiers, broken tanks, guns, and vehicles lie on the roadside.

A column of soldiers captured in the encirclement south of Aprilia.