Ostland Woche №23857 (1944)

In the hall of the Latvian Commissariat, in the presence of the General Commissioner of Latvia Drexler, a ceremony is held to hand over the banner of the Labor Front by the Imperial Minister of Food and Agriculture Dr.

Bakke to the head of the Labor Front, who then makes a speech.

The head of the French state, Marshal Petain, arrives in Paris to take part in a memorial service for the victims of the Anglo-American bomber raid.

A motorcade of cars and motorcycles drives along the street.

The Parisian cardinal archbishop meets Petain at the portal of Notre Dame Cathedral, and they enter the cathedral.

The memorial service is attended by leading figures of Vichy France and the German occupation authorities.

After the memorial service, Marshal Petain headed to the city hall.

A crowd of people in the square in front of the building greets Petain, who comes out onto the balcony of the city hall.

Despite the difficulties of wartime, the construction of a modern sanatorium was completed in Bulgaria within the established time frame.

The Bulgarian Queen Mother takes part in the ceremonial opening of the sanatorium.

The priest performs the blessing ceremony.

The staff greets the Queen Mother and takes her around the interior of the sanatorium named after Tsar Boris III. A boxing match between Dutch middleweight champion Van Damme and Belgian champion Felix Gooters took place at the Brussels Sports Palace.

Moments from the match, fans' emotions.

Van Damme wins by knockout.

The first races of the year took place at the Belgrade hippodrome in front of 8,000 spectators.

People at the ticket office.

The bell rings, and the jockeys' races on horseback begin.

Military personnel are among the spectators in the stands.

Aleksandar Vardar wins.

The first spring cycling competition was a 1,700-meter circle race in Berlin.

Cyclists ride along streets wet with rain.

The winner is Angern.

Lieutenant General Specht, Knight of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Inspector General of the Army Command Staff, inspected future officers serving their national labor service.

A work detachment marches in front of the general with shovels in their hands.

The general speaks to soldiers sitting on benches outdoors.

Demonstration exercises in front of the general.

Specht himself fires a rifle at a target.

The cadets demonstrate their athletic skills to the general, they tug of war, perform athletic exercises, run an obstacle course over rough terrain, and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

The Immelmann Squadron celebrated its 100,000th combat flight at one of the German front-line airfields on the Eastern Front.

The commander of one of the air units, Colonel General Dessloch, accompanied by the detachment commander Steff, inspects the formation of pilots.

The pilots are awarded, two new Knights of the Iron Cross of the Knight's Degree appear in the detachment.

Close-up of Major Rudel smiling.

The squadron takes off on another mission.

Lieutenant General Enzo Grossi, Knight of the Iron Cross, administers the oath to the newly formed Italian naval units.

A line of sailors on the square, the oath-signing ceremony is underway.

After the ceremony, the priest holds a prayer service.

Serbian volunteer units leave for the eastern front.

Residents of a Muslim town see off the soldiers, among the crowd are women in burqas.

Before the departure of the military echelon, the soldiers rest, smoke, talk with residents, write letters.

Boarding the train.

A military orchestra plays, soldiers perform the national kola dance.

The train sets off, inscriptions on the carriages in Serbian: "With faith in God, for the homeland." Agricultural work on the experimental fields of the Riga Veterinary Medical University.

Plowing with horses, harrowing.

A scientist and the local administration are in the field.

Poultry farm, chickens in the yard peck grain.

Horse farm.

Horses in the paddock nibble grass.

A herd of cows in the pasture, pigs with piglets dig in the ground.