Sunday, January 4, 2026

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://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6159/711161
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMYRKxdDYY

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