Sunday, February 1, 2026

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 627 - 9 September 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 funeral ceremony of István Horthy, Budapest, Hungary, 1942.
The son and deputy of Regent who died in a plane crash while fighting against the USSR was laid to rest in a state funeral in Budapest. Scene show view of the dome of the Parliament building. Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop laid the Führer's wreath. The Italian Foreign Minister Ciano with the Italian delegation. Funeral procession through the city. 

02:22 - Logistics operations/Afrika Korps, North Africa/Greece, 1942.
View on the logistics depot of German Afrika Korps on the southern coast of Greece. Distribution of provisions before the flight to Africa. Departure to the Ju-52 transport planes. This transport squadron is celebrating its 15,000th operation. The landed Italian units are deployed to the El Alamein front. 

05:18 - Advance to the Siwa Oasis, Egyptian Front, Africa, 1942.
Italian units advance through desert road. View of the Siwa Oasis. German and Italian troops enter the desert city captured by the Italians. The approaches to the approximately 80 km long, highly fertile oasis are immediately put into a defensive position. Festive reception by the 18 Sheiks of Siwa.  Soldiers bathing in "Cleopatra's Bath." 

07:48 - Hermann Göring greets wounded soldiers, Eastern Front, 1942.
The Reichsmarschall greets wounded soldiers on their way to the homeland. Scenes show wounded German soldiers. 

08:46 - On the central sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1942.
Soldiers in the trenches and MG-nest observing the terrain. Situation briefing at the front. An artillery observation post has been set up in the ruined theater. German heavy artillery and 8.8 cm anti-aircraft guns take Soviet tanks under fire. Destroyed Soviet T-34 and Matilda tanks on the battlefield. 

11:17 - German 6th Army advance on Stalingrad/Operation "Case Blue", Soviet Union, 1942.
German divisions and supplies on the supply routes in the great bend of the Don River.  A filter cleaning station. The horses are being washed in a tributary of the Don. A tank regiment moving forward on the eastern Don in the direction of Stalinrad. Captured Soviet POWs carring their weapons. Stukas launch an attack on Soviet bunker lines that block access to the Volga northwest of Stalingrad. In a rapid advance, German troops advance towards the lower reaches of the Volga. German soldiers strengthen their positions on the Stalingrad-Moscow railway line. Stalingrad lies under the concentric fire of German artillery. 

20:53 - Caucasus Front/Operation "Edelweiss", Soviet Union, 1942.
German motorized units drive past destroyed Soviet tanks. Soldiers during a rest break. The infantry from 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking mounts up Panzer III ausf.J tank. German troops driving through Pyatigorsk. German soldiers in conversation with Caucasian militia. Mountain troops on the march to the Elbrus region. A company of elite soldiers from a Swabian-Bavarian mountain division (Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 98) under the command of Captain Heinz Groth set out to seize the meteorological station on Mount Elbrus. Captain Groth's group begins the ascent to the summit. German Imperial War Flag on the summit of Elbrus.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-627-9-september-1942-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6233/712618
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7RsoNs3KzU

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