Ostland Woche №23972 (1943)

Riga.

A pop concert for wounded soldiers by amateur groups of soldiers for German soldiers.

A symphony orchestra of soldiers plays, a choir sings.

An eccentric flutist performs, accompanied by an orchestra.

The soldiers in the hall laugh.

Two soldiers sing a lyrical song, accompanied by a guitar and drums.

A singer performs a lyrical song, the audience in the hall pick up the words, sway in place, holding hands.

The opening ceremony of the memorial to the IV Grenadier Romanian Regiment.

A high slab with the names of the fallen soldiers.

The king at the opening of the monument to Queen Maria, a bust of the queen in a military helmet.

Priests perform the consecration ceremony.

The widows and mothers of the fallen soldiers are sitting.

The priest sprinkles holy water on the heads of the king and queen.

Tirana.

Unveiling of the monument to Islam Kemal Bey, who headed the provisional government on the day of Albania's independence on November 28, 1912. A crowd at the monument, wreaths are laid.

King Ahmed Zog and officials approach the monument.

A panorama from the sculpture of an angel to the building where the German delegation is being received and speeches are being exchanged.

The Germans leave in a car.

In Greece, a parade of newly formed volunteer units takes place in front of the prime minister and members of the government.

Soldiers in national uniforms march.

A military orchestra plays.

In a small town in the mountainous region of Siebengebirge, a warm farewell is being given to new recruits of the SS division.

Young men come out of the gates, they are met by girls in national costumes, they pin flowers to the buttonholes of their jackets.

The guys say goodbye to their families, kiss the girls looking out the windows of their houses.

A line of recruits stands, standard-bearers with flags.

Officers walk around the line.

A ceremonial march along a city street, residents seeing off soldiers.

Field Marshal Rommel on an inspection tour of German positions in Denmark.

Large-caliber shells being delivered on open railway platforms, soldiers sitting on the shells.

Rommel inspects fortifications and bunkers, which are shown to him by garrison general Hanneken, commander of the German troops in Denmark.

Rommel watches tanks move.

Girls in paramilitary uniforms pack parcels for front-line soldiers under the supervision of a counselor.

A general, Mrs.

Lukuje, comes to visit them, she has medals on her chest.

The girls wrap presents and sign them.

Bust of Mannerheim.

Educational institution with a board of trustees.

Girls lay out dolls they have sewn for Christmas presents on the table.

Dolls under the Christmas tree.

Women look at an exhibition of dolls.

Handing over toys to the deputy director of the Reich youth.

A girl lights a candle.

An Anglo-American air raid on German positions.

View from the plane of the mountains and the river.

An observation post in the mountains, a soldier looks through binoculars.

An anti-aircraft battery opens fire on Anglo-American Air Force planes.

The remains of a downed plane burn on the ground.

Japanese officers visit the German units in the Leningrad and Ilmenskoye Lake area.

The Japanese talk to German officers.

The Japanese military attaché in Berlin, General Komatsu, opens a log bridge built by sappers and cuts the ribbon.

The Japanese delegation at the artillery battery, firing at the area.

Japan and Germany constantly exchange experience on military issues.

Japanese officers board a handcar and drive around the position.