Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 556 - 30 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:

00:31 - Naval Warfare, January 6th, 1941, Atlantic Ocean.
The German auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran" sinking the Greek freighter "Antonis." German naval forces engage and destroy Allied shipping. Greek and British vessels are sunk by artillery fire. Survivors and prisoners of multiple nationalities are captured. 

04:11 - North African Campaign/German Afrika Korps, Libya/Egypt, 1941.
German Afrika Korps supply depot in the desert. Anti-aircraft defense against British bombers. General of the Air Force Hans Geisler awards distinguished German soldiers. General Erwin Rommel disembarks from the aircraft (Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch"). German troops advance toward Sollum. German and Italian units attack British tanks. 

08:33 - Adolf Hitler receives foreign delegations, Führer Headquarters on the Southeastern Front, Austria, April 19-24, 1941.
The Führer receives King Boris of Bulgaria on April 19, 1941. Franz von Papen in a conversation. Reception of Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano. Reception of the Hungarian Regent, Admiral von Horthy.

11:48 - Campaign in Yugoslavia, 1941.
German engineers cross the Danube in inflatable boats at the Iron Gates. German troops capture of a steam locomotive equipped with a pull cord.

13:35 - The capitulation of Yugoslavia, April 17th, 1941, Yugoslavia, 1941.
Disarmament of Serbian troops and occupation of a Bosnian town. Surrender of Serbian troops and large numbers of prisoners. Coll. point for captured small arms. Distribution of food to the prisoners by the German Red Cross. German troops enter the Bosnian towns. A column of German vehicles rolls through the streets. 

16:04 - Removal of the Sarajevo plaque honoring Gavrilo Princip, Sarajevo, 1941.
Scenes show the removal of the marble plaque commemorating the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by ethnic Germans. The plaque is handed over to the German Wehrmacht.

16:37 - German forces move toward the Aegean Sea/Greek Campaign, Greece, 1941.
German Army and Navy units advancing via Kavala to the islands of Thasos and Lemnos in the Aegean Sea. Civilian populations addressed via propaganda loudspeakers. Occupation of coastal areas and islands Thasos and Lemnos.

17:31 - Italian troops fighting in the Albanian-Greek border mountains, Albania/Greece, 1941.
Italian forces advance from Albania toward Epirus. The Albanian border mountains are overcome in heavy fighting. Artillery bombardments followed by Italian infantry assaults. 

18:14 - Battle of Ioannina, April 21, 1941, Greece, 1941.
Artillery shelling of the town of Ioannina. Final resistance at Ioannina crushed by 'SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler' units. Link-up of German and Italian forces. Surrender of the Greek Epirus–Macedonia army (April 23, 1941). General Field Marshal Wilhelm List directs the surrender negotiations. Arrival of the commander of the Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler," SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich.

19:26 - Advance through Thessaly, Greece, 1941.
German mountain troops advance through the mountains and fighting in Thessaly at the foot of Mount Olympus. Engineers repairing destroyed bridges. Fighting against Greek, British, Australian, and New Zealand troops.

21:03 - Luftwaffe operations/Advance on Lamia, Thessaly, Greece, 1941.
German fighter planes attacks on Greek airfields. Destruction of aircraft on the ground. Airborne troop deployments securing key positions. German armoured reconnaissance vehicles (Sd.Kfz. 232) advance into Lamia. Captured British and Greek soldiers. Shot-up British tanks (Cruiser Tank Mk. II).

23:30 - SS Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" advancing along the retreat routes of British units,  Greece, 1941.
German infantry advancing along country roads. Scenes show effects of Stuka dive-bomber attacks. German tanks overcoming natural obstacles despite destroyed bridges.

24:37 - Luftwaffe operations, Aegean Sea, Greece, April 16-25, 1941.
German air raids on British ships in Greek ports and coastal areas. Luftwaffe targets British evacuation routes by sea.

26:09 - Capture of Athens, Greece, April 27, 1941.
German troops advance across the Thermopylae Pass towards Athens. Swastika flag raised over the Acropolis of Athens.


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-556-30-april-1941-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/11923/664473
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwCDiKMP0dI

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