Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 534 - 27 November 1940

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:21 - Earthquake in Bucharest (1940 Vrancea earthquake), Romania, 10 November 1940.
Occurred on Sunday, 10 November 1940, in Romania, at 03;39 (local time), when the majority of the population was at home. This earthquake registered a magnitude of 7.7 on the moment magnitude scale. Rescue operations at night after the earthquake. 267 people were killed in the collapse of Carlton Bloc, the tallest building in the city of Bucharest at the time. King Michael inspecting the earthquake damage.

01:22-01:55 - Duche visits armaments factories, Terni, Italy, 1940.
Benito Mussolini visits armaments factories and factory's post-war house. 

01:56-03:32 - Italian Front, North Africa, Sidi El Barrani, Egypt, 1940.
Soldiers building roads to the frontline for better logistics. New telegraph lines are laid by communications unit. Military vehicles are being repaired in a motor vehicle workshop near Sidi El Barrani, including tankettes (Carro Veloce CV 33) and trucks. Advanced units are supplied with drinking water. Anti-aircraft guns (Breda Model 35/2cm) and 8.8 cm heavy AA-gun fire at attacking British aircrafts. 

03:33-05:39 - Resettlement of the "Bessarabian Germans", Bessarabia, Soviet Union, 1940.
When Bessarabia was occupied by the Soviet Union in June 1940 as a result of the Hitler-Stalin Pact, almost all the “ethnic Germans” living there were resettled in the German Reich. The resettlers are being transported and cared for by the SS, the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK), the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV), and the German Red Cross (DRK). 

05:40-07:15 - Meeting at the Berghof on the Obersalzberg, German Reich, 1940.
Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and Spanish Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suñer arrives at the Berghof and were greeted by Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.

07:16-10:06 - Hungary's accession to the Tripartite Pact, Vienna, November 20, 1940, 1940.
The Hungarian delegation: Prime Minister Pál Teleki and Foreign Minister István Csáky. Ribbentrop, Count Ciano, Kuruso, and Csáky at the signing of the treaty. 

10:07-12:24 - Romania's accession to the Tripartite Pact, Berlin, November 23, 1940, 1940.
Prime Minister Ion Antonescu arrives in Berlin and is greeted by Ribbentrop. Ribbentrop, Kurusu, Buti, and Antonescu at the signing of the treaty.

12:25-13:12 - Slovakia's accession to the Tripartite Pact, Berlin, November 24, 1940.
Slovak Prime Minister Dr. Vojtech Tuka arrives in the New Reich Chancellery. Ribbentrop, Ambassador Kurusu, Ambassador Buti, Foreign Minister Sturdza, and Dr. Tuka at the signing of the treaty.

13:13-13:59 - "Victory in the West" exhibition, Vienna, 1940.
Herman Göring inspects the exhibition in which many different tanks are included (Somua S-35, Matilda II, Panzer IV, and Renault FT-17), aircrafts and artillery. 

14:00-17:27 - "Sprottebruch" Reich Labor Service camp, German Reich, 1940.
Men get dressed and walk in groups to morning exercises. Bicycle detachment sets off to work. 

17:28-18:45 - Cleanup work between the West Wall and the Maginot Line, France, 1940.
Bunkers are overhauled, cleaned and closed. French prisoners of war removing wire barriers.

18:46-20:55 - Logistics, Norway, 1940.
Food and material supplies for the German troops in Norway. Soldiers build winter quarters and reinforce wooden barracks. A group of Lapps with reindeer visits the German soldiers. 

20:56-22:18 - Surveillance flight, Norwegian coast, 1940.
Messerschmitt Bf-110 aircraft on surveillance flight over fjords and the coastal area.

22:19-23:06 - Iron Cross awards, English Channel coast, France, 1940.
Reich Marshal Hermann Göring awards the Iron Cross to individual soldiers.

23:07-24:39 - Luftwaffe logistics, German Reich, 1940.
Fuel resupply for the fighting German Air Forces against England. Fuel is transferred to a tanker and into the airport's underground tanks.

24:40-26:19 - Night air raid on Coventry, Great Britain, 1940.
Retaliation air raid for the British attacks on non-military targets in Munich. Heinkel He-111 dropping bombs over Coventry. Over 500,00kg bombs were dropped in a single night.

26:20-30:59 - U-99 submarine enters the U-boot shipyard in Lorient, France/Atlantic Ocean, 1940.
Lieutenant Commander Otto Kretschmer - commander of the "U 99" (Type VII B) submarine, sank a total of over 200,000 gross register tons. Footage of the U-boot in action by a war correspondent. Führer awarded Otto Kretschmer the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross on November 4, 1940.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-534-27-november-1940-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/7118
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9lotOjobXA

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 532 - 13 November 1940

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:21-01:06 - Architecture exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, 1940.
Opening of German architecture exhibition in Belgrade Exhibition Center. Prince Regent Paul and Princess Olga get out of the car, and visit the exhibition. Inside, they are inspecring works of German architects: models of most impressive buildings of the new Germany. 

01:07-01:45 - Italian occupation of Albania, 1940. 
Scenes shows how Albania's infrastructure is developing since Italian occupation. Construction of modern road networks, and bridges. 

01:46-02:38 - Mussolini inspects Italian 8th Army, Italy, 1940.
Lined up Italian soldiers, artillery, military vehicles and equipment on the roll call during inspection of the Duce. 

02:39-04:48 - Celebration of Remembrance Day for the fallen fighters, Munich, German Reich, 1940.
On November 9, 1923, the NSDAP led by Adolf Hitler attempted a coup in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch. The failed coup was aimed at overthrowing the Bavarian government and ultimately the German federal government. The Hitler's Deputy, Rufolf Hess greets the relatives of the dead. Ceremony of paying tribute to the fallen, soldiers laying wreaths on the memorials.

04:49-05:24 - Parade of local detachments of Hitler Youth, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Prague, 1940.
German Youth Leader Arthur Axmann in Prague inspects the parade of Hitler Youth from Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a partially-annexed territory of Nazi Germany that was established on 16 March 1939 after the German occupation of the Czech lands. Also shown Generalmajor Ulrich von Waldow and Generalmajor Georg von Prondzynski.
 
05:25-07:15 - Joseph Goebbels visit to Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Prague, 1940.
Goebbels is greeted by Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Konstantin von Neurath, Gauleiter Henlein and the Protectorate Secretary of State Karl Hermann Frank. In Černín Palace, Joseph Goebbels adresses German cultural figures of the Protectorate and thank them for their work. Goebbels gives a speech to the German community in Prague.

07:16-08:42 - Construction of military training grounds, German Reich, 1940.
Construction of military training grounds required to relocate local farmers in some areas. The Wehrmacht institutions assisted farmers in establishing new farms in the Emsland region. Scenes show building houses for peasants evicted from the territory of the future training ground. 

08:43-12:22 - Military maneuvers of Wehrmacht, German Reich, 1940.
Wehrmacht combat readiness is constantly increased through diverse exercises. Scenes show training of German engineers in crossing the river maneuver, with the use of combined arms. Soldiers land on the opposite bank, and build a river crossing for the heavy equipment to. 

12:23-14:00 - Arrival of Italian pilots in Flanders, Belgium, 1940.
Italian pilots arrive in Flanders to conducts attacks against England together with german pilots. Unloading troops, equipment, vehicles and fuel on the station. The commander of the Luftwaffe inspects a units that have arrived in Germany. 

14:01-17:06 - Battle of Britain, Channel Coast, France, 1940.
Luftwaffe ground crews prepare fighter planes before combat patrol. Oxegen for the breathing apparatus is refilled. Lieutenant Colonel Werner Mölders prepares for the combat patrol and boards his BF-109 fighter plane. Formation of Bf-109 fighters during combat patrol along Channel Coast. German fighters in the air combat with British Spitfire plane.

17:07-21:35 - Kriegsmarine operations against England, 1940.
The German submarine on the combat patrol against England. German warship's boarding team capture a British freighter, and take it's crew on board. Then the freighter is being sunk by explosives. Another vessel is being spotted and taken under fire, in result it being sunk. Scene show captured English on board of German warship. 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-532-13-november-1940-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/7116/684328
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUU-LNi7FBc

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 580 - 15 October 1941

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

01:00 - On the Channel Coast/Air Combat, France, 1941.
Alarm before an air raid at the German anti-aircraft artillery position. Defense against British fighters and bombers. German fighters engage in the combat and scatter the British formation. German AA-guns (8.8 cm, 5 cm, and 2 cm Flak) engage the British fighters. German BF-109 fighters in aerial combat. Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Galland has landed his Bf-109 at the field airfield.

04:53 - French Volunteer Legion swearing-in ceremony/638th Infantry Regiment, German Reich, 1941.
The first battalions of the French Volunteer Legion are being sworn in. The French legionnaires wear German uniforms. The Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism was a unit of the German Army consisting of collaborationist volunteers from France.

05:46 - Continuation War/Finnish Front, northern sector of the Eastern Front, 1941.
Units of the Finnish army are advancing towards the Kandalaksha. "Lotta Svärd" members of the Finnish Women's Auxiliary Corps have set up a supply depot on the advance route. Finnish artillery shells Soviet positions west of Lake Onega. Assault engineers and infantry in advance.

08:51 - Occupation of the island of Ösel, Soviet Union, 1941.
Scenes show the traces of the German air raids that launched the assault on the island. Dead civilians are being recovered in front of Ahrensburg Castle. Captured Soviet soldiers in a POWcamp.

10:38 - Combat operations in the Leningrad area, Soviet Union, 1941.
Supplies are being brought through mire and knee-deep mud. The military objectives of Leningrad are under constant fire from the heavy German batteries. Huge storage and oil depots are ablaze.

12:20 - Southern sector of the Eastern Front, Ukraine/Soviet Union, 1941.
Romanian engineers are attacking heavily fortified Soviet positions east of the Dnieper River. The German and Romanian Navy secured key ports and bases on the Black Sea and began supplying advancing troops by water. Depth charges being dropped on detected Soviet submarines. 

13:55 - Advance on the Crimean Peninsula, Soviet Union, 1941.
The "Tatar Trench" south of Perekop has been captured by German troops. Ju 87 Stuka bomb the Soviet positions. Anti-aircraft artillery destroys Soviet bunkers with direct fire.

15:15 - Advance towards the Sea of ​​Azov/Berdyansk/Occupation of Kyiv, Soviet Union, 1941.
German Panzer army, reinforced by Italian, Hungarian, and Slovak troops advanced south from the Dnipropetrovsk area towards the Sea of ​​Azov. A mobile Waffen-SS formation break through to Berdyansk and link up with the Panzer forces of Colonel General von Kleist. Flyover of heavily damaged Kyiv. Tracks being converted to the German gauge. Engineers constructing a bridge over the Dnieper River. 

19:45 - Beginning of the Operation "Typhoon"/Battle of Vyazma-Bryansk, Soviet Union, 1941.
A poster with the Führer's appeal to the soldiers of the Eastern Front is displayed on a wall. The offensive began on October 2nd, 1941. Field Marshals Fedor von Bock and Günther von Kluge observe the deployment of the units with binoculars. Anti-tank units (3.7 cm Pak 36) are taking up positions. Soldiers cross the Desna River in inflatable boats. The first Soviet field positions have been overrun. The German infantry is regrouping for the next advance. A Waffen-SS assault troop is moving towards a Soviet machine gun nest. The enemy position, photographed from a great distance with a long-range camera. German soldiers in the village are searching for straggling Soviets. 

25:44 - Schematic representation of advances along a 1200 km front/Battle of Vyazma-Bryansk, Soviet Union, 1941.
The Soviets were encircled in a series of heavy battles of annihilation in the area of ​​Vyazma and Bryansk. The German and allied troops were in full offensive action eastward along a 1200 km front, from the Sea of ​​Azov to southeast of Lake Ilmen. Scenes show the Soviet POW from the major encirclement battles of Vyazma and Bryansk. Scenes show the aerial view on the battlefield with shattered Soviet tanks, artillery, and logistics vehicles. 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-580-15-oktober-1941-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/8677/717238
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpztbVb0pI

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 661 - 5 Mei 1943

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:22 - Meeting of the Reichsarbeitskammer (Reich Labor Chamber) at the Neue Reichskanzlei.
01:53 - Young RAD members build barbed wire on the beaches of the English Channel.
03:31 - Konstantin Hierl's inspection of the Atlantic Wall.
04:47 - Melting snow caused swamps to flood on the southeastern Leningrad front.
05:31 - Knight's Cross recipient Oberleutnant d.R. Erhard Lange.
07:50 - Current situation in the central sector of the Eastern Front.
10:29 - Battle of Tunisia.
15:40 - Unload supplies and fuel for U-boats at sea.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-661-5-mei-1943-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5094/685434
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5POlEM3zlY&t=26s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 654 - 17 March 1943

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:44 - Female workers in German armaments factories.
02:44 - Construction of the Atlantic Wall.
04:01 - Destruction of British sea mines.
06:35 - Maintenance of Luftwaffe aircraft in the snowstorm.
07:52 - Processing aerial photographs from reconnaissance aircraft.
08:11 - Anti-partisan operations by Polizei units on the Eastern Front.
08:16 - SS-Brigadeführer Curt von Gottberg.
10:45 - Clearing snow-covered roads.
11:18 - Installation of telephone cables for artillery batteries.
11:55 - Battle in the Lake Ladoga region.
17:25 - Ritterkreuz ceremony for Gerardus Mooyman by Johann Sinnhuber.
18:10 - Battle of Kharkov.
19:05 - Ritterkreuz holder Max Wünsche.
20:13 - SS Leibstandarte medal ceremony by Sepp Dietrich and Fritz Witt.
20:27 - Stuka attack on Soviet ground troops.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-654-17-maret-1943-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5086/673548
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcsaoq-4Hvk&t=25s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 653 - 10 March 1943

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:04 - Propaganda on how to handle Allied aircraft incendiary bombs.
06:41 - The Chinese puppet government declared war on Britain and the United States.
07:23 - Japanese military operations in Yunnan and Chongqing.
09:40 - German tanks take cover behind African cactus camouflage.
10:06 - Rommel inspects the 10th Panzer Division.
10:23 - Generalmajor Friedrich Freiherr von Broich, Commander of the 10th Panzer Division.
10:26 - Ritterkreuzträger Hauptmann Rolf Rocholl.
10:43 - Battle of Sidi Bou Zid in Tunisia.
13:23 - Destruction of Soviet landing forces in the Caucasus.
15:30 - Battle of Izyum-Sloviansk in Donetsk.
18:24 - Kurt Meyer and Max Wünsche from the SS Leibstandarte.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-653-10-maret-1943-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5085/684460
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRgaK73vIg

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 650 - 17 February 1943

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:51 - German armaments industry, German Reich, 1943
German miners deep underground extract the coal with the use of pneumatic hammers. Mine cars transport the coal out of the mine. Steel is being prepared for casting in a German steelworks.  Molten metal is poured out through the inlet channels for molten iron. After cleaning, the individual parts are prepared for assembly through machining. Finished turbine wheels and crane section. Stators for heavy machine tools being transported to the assembly plants. A large turbines are assembled in German power plant. 

03:58 - Northern Sector of the Eastern Front/Finnish Front, Soviet Union, 1943.
Reindeer sleds are supplying a company with ammunition and provisions. German veterans of the Narvik campaign in the trenches. A reconnaissance patrol sets out to scout the exact location of newly constructed enemy positions. A forward machine gun (MG-34) position provides covering fire. German artillery (15 cm sFH 18) lays dawn a barrage fire to cover the retreat of troops. A wounded comrade is bandaged and taken to the rear with the help of dogsleds. A medical aircraft (Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch") transport the wounded soldier to the field hospital. 

07:16 - Retreat on the front south of Lake Ladoga, Soviet Union, 1943.
Rearguards of a battalion is disengaging from the enemy using mobile tactics and withdrawing to the shortened main line of battle. Soviet ground-attack aircrafts (Ilyushin Il-2) flying low over the area. The battle group breaks away from the enemy in small groups. The wounded soldiers are being escorted further back.

08:36 - Central sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1943.
A transport train has brought a reinforcements. German soldiers are advancing in a marching column.  Observation post in the watchtower. Soviet  infantry attacks in dense waves. Anti-aircraft artillery (8.8 cm Flak) is aiming its barrels at enemy tanks. Light artillery (10.5 cm leFH 18) provide fire support. A battalion of Grenadier Regiment 271 "Feldherrnhalle" is attacking the enemy's flank and pushing them back from German lines. German soldiers (some equipped with Soviet PPSh-41s) comb through a wooded area and fight the enemy in close combat. A Soviet telephone wire is being cut.

11:19 - Battle of the Atlantic/U-Boot wolfpacks attack on an Allied convoy (probably Convoy SC 118), North Atlantic Ocean, 1943.
The main engagement for Convoy SC 118 occurred from February 4-9, 1943, where a German wolfpack of about 20 U-boats attacked the convoy, sinking 13 ships. German submariners on the lookout in the conning tower. The submarine is transmitting radio signals to the command post of the Commander of Submarines (BdU). Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz is deploying additional submarines. Radio operator at a Morse code device. The commanders are receiving the orders and proceed at high speed toward the new target. Two submarines travel in close formation. The destroyer overran the submerged submarine and attacked it with depth charges. The convoy attempts to evade the impending danger by changing course to the south. The submarines try to get ahead of the convoy. Scene shows the view of the convoy through the periscope. German U-boots engage the enemy freighters with the torpedoes. The submarines approaching from the east sink several ships. The rest of the convoy is dispersed. The destroyers scan the horizon with flares and searchlights. German submarine engage the fleeing tanker during the night with light anti-aircraft guns and its on board artillery. In a brief artillery barrage, the tanker is set ablaze and destroyed. The spilled, burning oil covers a wide expanse of the sea. 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-650-17-februari-1943-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6149/638142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jT53FR9p4

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 564 - 25 June 1941

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

This is issue No. 564, released on June 25th, 1941, a few days after the start of "Operation Barbarossa", the German attack on the Soviet Union.

Despite this huge event, the newsreel starts with civilian footage, namely footage of the 1941 German Football Championship Final Game, a visit of Japanese Ambassador Oshima to Hanover,a ceremony in Venice about Croatia joining the Axis, and other footage. 

Only in the latter half of the issue is Operation Barbarossa shown, introduced with the proclamation of the Führer read by Goebbels and then first combat footage of advancing German soldier is shown.
 The episode concludes with footage of German bombers bombing targets in the Soviet Union.

00:41 The German Football Championship  Season 1940/41 was played under very normal circumstances, the Nazis wanted to create the impression that the war was not affecting football. The final game was played on June 22nd, 1941, in Berlin, between SK Rapid Vienna and FC Schalke 04. Despite Schalke initially leading 3:0, Vienna scored four goals in 11 minutes, winning the final 4:3. This was the first and only time an Austrian team won a  German football championship. 

00:59 The official attendance number was 80,334, not 90,000.

02:56 Hiroshi Oshima (1886-1975) was Japanese Ambassador to Germany between November 1938 and December 1939, and again from February 1941 to the end of the war. He was known to be an admirer of Hitler, and was a strong proponent of a stronger German-Japanese cooperation. Virtually all of his messages he sent back to Japan were intercepted by the Allies, almost 1,500 messages, giving the Allies a lot of information about German military and industrial strength, and a close inside of German-Japanese cooperation. For example, he wrote detailed reports about German defensive networks in Normandy or detailed assessment about Allied bombing damage in Germany, which all were intercepted by the Allies.

03:55 Croatia, a puppet state set up by Germany and Italy after the invasion of Yugoslavia, joined the Axis powers on April 10th, 1941. 

04:06 Galeazzo Ciano (1903-1944) was an Italian nobleman and Fascist politician,  being Propaganda Minister of Italy between June 1935 and June 1036, and afterwards, Italian Foreign Minister until February 1943. He voted for removing Mussolini from power in July 1943, and was subsequentially arrested by the Germans, handed over to the Fascists and executed in January 1944. 

04:14 Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946) was Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany between 1938 and the end of the war, he was convicted as a war criminal in Nuremberg and executed in October 1946.

04:20 Ante Pavelic (1889-1959) was the Dictator of Croatia between 1941 and the end of the war, responsible for massacres and war crimes, especially towards Serbians. After the war, he fled to Spain, was heavily injured during an assassination in 1957, and died of the consequences in 1959.

05:01 Alessandro Pavolini (1903-1945) was an Italian Fascist politician, serving as the Minister of Popular Culture, basically the Italian Propaganda Ministry, between October 1939 and February 1943. Between November 1943 and April 1945 he was also Secretary of the Fascist Party; he was executed by Italian partisans in late April 1945. 

05:26  This is the New Guardhouse (Neue Wache), the national memorial place for Germany. Originally built as a guardhouse for the Crown Prince Palace from 1816 to 1818 (hence the name), it was used as a guardhouse until 1919, and then, from 1931, as a memorial for the war dead. It was heavily damaged by air raids in 1945 and was in the Soviet sector. It was restored by East Germany between 1951 and 1957, and a glass cube and eternal flame was added. In 1990, after German reunification, the GDR era cube was removed, and the 1931 granite cube was put there, with a statue from German sculpturer Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), called “Mother with her Dead Son” put on top of the cube. It is still used as the central memorial for Germany today, officially titled “Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Victims of War and Tyranny”

06:25 Italo Gariboldi (1879-1970) was an Italian General, and in 1941, became Italian Governor in Libya, thus also the Supreme Commander of all Axis troops in North Africa and the superior of General Rommel. He later commanded the Italian 8th Army in the Soviet Union. 

07:12 This is a light 2cm Flak 30 AA-gun. 

07:21 These guns are 15cm sFH 18, Germanys standard division-level heavy artillery during WWII, with 6,756 guns made between 1933 and 1945.

08:49 This is a Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, a German liaison and reconnaissance aircraft, introduced in 1937 and built until the end of WWII. Around 2,900 were made.

09:56 In this scene, the characteristic tropical helmets of the Africakorps can be seen.

10.27 As the various Generals in this scene are all named and are relatively well known, simply google their names if you want to know more about them.

11:31 This is referring to the “Proclamation to the German people” by Hitler on June 22nd, 1941, during which he informed the German people about the German attack on the Soviet Union. The proclamation is filled with the usual Nazi propaganda lies about Germany being peaceful, the war waged being the result of a Jewish conspiracy, and that the Soviet Union planned to attack Germany, and that Germany now had to attack the Soviet Union as a preliminary action. The proclamation was read by Propaganda Minister Goebbels and broadcasted on all German radio stations in the early morning and throughout the day. 

13:34 These are again sFH 18 heavy artillery guns.

14:13 This gun is a light 3,7 cm PaK 36 AT-gun.

14:40 This is a 7,5cm leIG 18, the standard German infantry gun of WWII. Roughly 12,000 were made between 1932 and 1945. This particular example has wooden wheels, indicating that it is a pre-war gun. leIG 18 made during the war had rubber tires on steel wheels. 

14:46 This is a Renault UE Chenillette, a small French tracked armored carrier and artillery mover, built between 1932 and March 1941. Around 5,100 were built, and the Germans captured around 3,000 of them, using them in various roles, mostly as tractor, but also putting guns or rocket artillery launchers on them.

15:33 This is a Flammenwerfer 35, the standard German flamethrower made between 1935 and 1941. It had an effective firing range of up to 25m, and could fire up to 10 consecutive seconds. It was replaced by the slightly re-designed Flammenwerfer 41 in 1941. 

16:59 This is again a 3,7cm PaK 36 AT-gun.

17:39 These half-tracks on the right side are Sd. Kfz. 250. Basically a smaller version of the standard 251 half-track, it was mainly used for reconnaissance and as a radio vehicle. 6,628 were made between 1941 and 1945.

18:34 This is again  a sFH 18 heavy artillery gun. 

19:42 This is an early variant of the StuG III assault gun. At the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Germans had 377 StuG III, most of them B variants, which were built between July 1940 and March 1941, with 300 vehicles built.

21:50 The planes in this scene are Heinkel He-111, the standard medium bomber of the Wehrmacht.  7,630 planes were built between 1936 and 1944. It was decent plane when it was introduced in 1936, but as the war progressed, the He-111 became more and more obsolete, it lacked in armor, speed, and bomb load, as it could only carry, depending on the variant, between 2000 to 3000 kilos of bombs.

Source :

https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-564-25-juni-1941-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5346/660981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR2iW7qNkpY

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 645 - 13 January 1943

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:01 - Public service announcement about the importance of blackout (darkness) at nite.
05:50 - Wehrmacht soldiers' tour of the historic city of Ulm.
06:59 - Construction of a new submarine bunker.
07:47 - U-boat ace Karl-Friedrich Merten returns to base.
08:35 - Italian submarine returns to base.
09:18 - Occupation of Corsica by Italian forces.
10:13 - The city of Tunis in Tunisia.
10:37 - General Wolfgang Fischer and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.
11:16 - Interaction of Afrikakorps soldiers with Arab civilians.
13:46 - Sturmpioniere in action clearing Soviet fortifications in the Caucasus.
14:57 - Rzhev Front.
15:58 - Colonel-General Walter Model inspects his troops.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/video-project-71a
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/4928/671125
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV_hvODN1fE&t=88s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 555 - 23 April 1941

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:22 - Hitler's 52nd birthday celebration.
04:01 - Daily life of Afrikakorps soldiers in the North African desert.
06:11 - The Battle of Sollum.
07:29 - Proclamation of the establishment of the Croatian state.
08:57 - Panzergruppe Kleist's actions during the invasion of Yugoslavia.
12:02 - Cavalry General Georg Stumme (Commander-in-Chief of the XXXX Army Corps).
18:35 - Major General Ludwig Crüwell (Commander of the 11th Panzer Division).
19:02 - German troops arrive in Belgrade.
21:53 - Refueling and inflating tank tires.
22:00 - German victory parade in Belgrade.

21:12 - Oberst Günther Angern (Kommandeur Schützen-Brigade 11).
22:53 - Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
24:48 - German forces advance into Greece.
26:43 - Lieutenant d.R. Erich Bärenfänger (the latter Knight's Cross holder).
27:36 - Lieutenant General Rudolf Veiel (Commander of the 2nd Panzer Division).

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-no.-555-23-april-1941
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/11922/664376
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du_DHwckDLk&t=362s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 619 - 15 July 1942

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:52 - State ceremony for the 70th birthday of Emil Hácha, Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 1942.
The President of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Dr. Emil Hácha celebrated his 70th birthday in Prague. Emil Hácha at a window of Prague Castle. Reich Minister Dr. Lammers conveyed the Führer's congratulations and a handwritten letter. SS-Oberstgruppenführer Daluege presented the President with a bust of the Führer as a gift. 

02:10 - "Student Days of German Art" in Salzburg, Austria, 1942.
Students from 24 nations participated in the convention. Group of a students tour the city of Salzburg. Reich Student Leader and Reich Governor Dr. Gustav Adolf Scheel gives a speech. An art exhibition was opened at the residence. Scenes show the paintings and sculptures by various artists. Paintings with the Iron Cross on the right edge marks the works of fallen young artists. Scene show a sculpture by Ivo Beucker.

03:32 - The "Great German Art Exhibition", Munich, German Reich, July 4th, 1942.
Opening of the "Great German Art Exhibition" at the House of German Art by Reich Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels. Scenes show the various paintings and sculptures from many artists. 

06:16 - Adolf Hitler receives Field Marshal Erich von Manstein, Führer Headquarters, German Reich, 1942.
General Field Marshal von Manstein, the victor of Sevastopol, reports to the Führer for his account. General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and General Alfred Jodl greet Marshal von Manstein. 

06:55 - Return of the U-124 submarine, France, 1942.
German submarines set sail on combat patrol while others return from successful missions. Return of the U-124 submarine under Lieutenant Commander Johann Mohr to Lorient submarine base. Captain Lieutenant Mohr and his crew is greeted with flowers. Admiral Dönitz awards particularly distinguished submarine men.

08:53 - Battle of the Atlantic, Arctic Ocean, 1942.
German fighter aircraft and submarines destroyed a massive British-American convoy of 39 transporters. At a German base on the northern Norwegian coast, a long-range reconnaissance aircraft (Blohm & Voss BV 138 Seedrache) is being prepared for takeoff. A convoy is being spotted by German reconnaissance aircraft. Admiral Dönitz is personally directing the submarine operation. In close cooperation with the submarines, strong fighter aircraft units related to Colonel General Stumpff attack the convoy. Destruction of a convoy carrying supplies to the Soviets under "Lend Lease."

12:57 - Celebration of the 100th combat mission, Murmansk Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
German fighter aircraft are returning to their airfield after a victorious mission. Colonel General Stumpff is inspecting one of his units, and awarding decorations to particularly deserving pilots. Sergeant Müller receives the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

14:32 - Colonel General Dietl inspects the "RAD" detachment, Soviet Union, 1942.
Colonel General Dietl arrives at an airfield in the Far North. Colonel General in conversation with particularly proven front-line workers of the "Organisation Todt."

15:55 - Minesweepers in the Gulf of Finland, Soviet Union, 1942.
Soviet bombers attempting to disrupt operations. Scenes show damages to a ship after being hit. Soviet torpedo boats attempt a breakout to the west. 

18:00 - Operation "Case Blue", Don River/Voronezh, Soviet Union, 1942.
The offensive operations of the German Wehrmacht and its allies in the area west of the Don River. German troops have breached the Soviet's deeply echeloned defensive positions along a front of more than 500 kilometers. Stukas and artillery are shattering the enemy positions. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and horse-drawn carts advance. Scene show the Sd.Kfz 251/2 Ausf. D (8cm Granatwerfer) half track firing on Soviet positions. RAD men working on road construction directly behind the fighting troops. German troops crossing the Oskol River. Assault troops force the crossing at dawn. Stukas are attacking the Soviets escape routes in continuous operation. Large quantities of destroyed Soviet war materiel on the Don River. Capture of Voronezh city.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-619-15-juli-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6163/712748
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQeDuVwENg

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 615 - 17 June 1942

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:51 - The Sultan of Morocco Muhammad V visit in Madrid, Spain, 1942.
The Sultan of Morocco arrived in Madrid for a visit with the General Francisco Franco. Spanish Foreign Minister Serrano Suñer received the distinguished guest at the train station.

01:30 - Reich Postal Minister Dr. Ohnesorge celebrated his 70th birthday, Berlin, Germany, June 8th, 1942.
SS-Gruppenführer Julius Schaub conveyed the Führer's congratulations to the deserving head of the German Reich Postal Service. Among the guest are Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories Alfred Rosenberg, Field Marshal Erhard Milch, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, and SS-Obergruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich.

02:25 - State funeral ceremonies of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of Police Reinhard Heydrich, Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, June 7–8th, 1942.
On May 27th, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, the high-ranking Nazi official known as the "Butcher of Prague," was fatally wounded in a coordinated attack code-named "Operation Anthropoid." In response to the death of one of Hitler's most trusted lieutenants, the Nazi regime unleashed a wave of terror against the Czech population. Heydrich’s coffin was displayed at Prague Castle (Hradčany) starting June 7th, 1942. The coffin was transported through the streets of central Prague on a gun carriage in a slow military parade. On June 8th, after the local ceremonies concluded, the coffin was loaded onto a special funeral train at a Prague railway station to be transported to Germany. 

04:42 - Secondary State Funeral of Reinhard Heydrich in Berlin, German Reich, June 9th, 1942.
The main state funeral took place in the Mosaic Hall of the New Reich Chancellery. Führer in a solemn state ceremony bid farewell to one of his most loyal followers. Hitler delivered a eulogy and personally offered condolences to Heydrich’s young sons, Klaus and Heider. Heydrich was interred at the Invalids' Cemetery (Invalidenfriedhof) in Berlin.

07:47 - The Führer received the Royal Hungarian Prime Minister Miklós Kállay, Führer Headquarters Wolf's Lair near Rastenburg, East Prussia, German Reich, 1942.
General Jodl, Chief of the Armed Forces Operations Staff gave a briefing on the military situation. Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in conversation with Kállay.

08:47 - U-333 submarine returns from a combat mission, La Pallice, France, 1942.
Lieutenant Commander Peter Erich Cremer's submarine returned to its operational port heavily damaged after a successful patrol against the USA. The command deck was dented and torn apart by a ramming collision with an enemy tanker.

09:35 - Combat operations in North Africa/North Africa Front, Bir Hacheim, 1942.
Colonel Galland, Inspector of Fighter Pilots, visits an airfield. Bf-109 fighters returning from a successful hunt. First Lieutenant Hans-Joachim Marseille gets out of a Bf 109. German troops advance through the desert. The offensive against Fort Bir Hacheim. The German and Italian forces repulsed the British counterattacks in fierce battles. Colonel General Rommel inspects a downed British fighter. 

19:50 - Battle of Sevastopol, Soviet Union/Ukraine, Crimea, 1942.
Marshal Antonescu is paying a visit to Field Marshal von Bock. Colonel General von Manstein shows the Romanian leader the positions outside Sevastopol. Fighting begins with the use of heavy artillery. A war correspondent from the Propaganda Company with a long-range camera. German infantry advances to overcome the countless concrete structures of the outer fortification belt. Scenes show the last recordings of "PK" cameraman Sakeus who have been killed in action. Stukas were needed to take down the most heavily fortified cliff bunkers. 

28:05 - Ju-88 dive attack footage, Sevastopol, Soviet Union/Ukraine, Crimea, 1942.
Ju-88 fighter planes take off for an attack. Scene show the pilot during a dive-bombing attack. Aerial footage shows further bombing runs and impacts on the ground.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-615-17-juni-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6159/711161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMYRKxdDYY

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 546 - 19 February 1941

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:18 - Visit of Dragiša Cvetković, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, to Berghof.
00:58 - Adolf-Hitler-Schule in Ordensburg.
02:48 - Speech by Dr. Joseph Goebbels in front of Berlin workers.
04:11 - Visit of the Danish Police Chief to Berlin.
04:40 - “Tag der Deutschen Volkspolizei” (German Police Day) and Winterhilfswerk.
06:11 - Welcome home for U-boat hero Hans-Gerrit von Stockhausen.
10:33 - Largest hydroelectric generator manufactured by Siemens.
12:03 - Luftwaffe pilots ice skating.
12:57 - World Ski Championships in Italy.
15:42 - Medical training for Gebirgsjäger in the mountains.
17:35 - Long-range mission of the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 “Condor” aircraft targeting British ships.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-no.-546-19-februari-1941
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5321/699713
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IeG1EgT0rE&t=497s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 592 - 7 January 1942

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:23 - The old town of Fugger in Augsburg.
01:06 - Work training for disabled veterans who are former Wehrmacht soldiers.
03:08 - Mix of winter clothing for soldiers on the Eastern Front.
05:40 - Christl Cranz, German women's skiing champion.
12:28 - Luftwaffe reconnaissance unit at their base in Eastern Karelia, Finland.
12:49 - Luftwaffe soldiers spend their free time making miniature airplanes.
13:31 - Analysis of aerial map photos.
14:34 - Finnish troops clear a village occupied by the Soviets.
16:23 - German soldiers adapt to the snow and winter around Leningrad.
21:55 - German and Romanian forces advance before Sebastopol.
22:17 - Making straw shoes.
24:27 - Sturmpioniere attack fortifications around Sebastopol.

Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-592-7-january-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5452/685426
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQBRcwIavlE&t=31s

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 575 - 10 September 1941

Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:53 - The Siege of Tobruk.
02:38 - Tank battle at Sollum.
03:24 - Rommel inspects British tanks at the site of the battle.
03:45 - Afrikakorps panzer crew fry eggs on their tank hulls.
04:30 - Entertainment for Afrikakorps soldiers in the desert.
05:55 - Battle between Gebirgsjäger and Finnish soldiers against the Soviets in the Arctic.
06:07 - General of the Mountain Troops Eduard Dietl.
06:51 - Finnish Prime Minister Johan Wilhelm Rangell inspects Soviet war booty.
07:12 - The Battle of Viipuri.
09:05 - Capture of Soviet coastal defenses on the Black Sea.
09:52 - Cannons with victory rings.
10:13 - The Battle of Odessa.
11:08 - Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu inspects Odessa.
11:22 - Krivoy Rog iron ore mine.
13:45 - Ukrainian Volunteer Corps for Germany.
14:05 - Artillery observation balloon.
15:42 - Resting Wehrmacht cavalry troops on the Eastern Front.
17:22 - Repair of the bridge over the Dnieper River in Dnipropetrovsk.
20:28 - Medal award ceremony for Günther Lützow, Freiherr von Maltzahn, and Josef Priller.
20:51 - General Agustin Muñoz Grandes at the Führer's Headquarters.
21:13 - Spanish volunteer Blue Division.
21:43 - Liberation of the city of Reval in the Baltic.
24:34 - Capture of the Soviet Navy base in Paldiski, Estonia.
27:22 - Bombing mission and battle around Leningrad / St. Petersburg.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-575-10-september-1941-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/5357/664681
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iTjI6-uFZE