Bund Deutscher Mädel album

Date

1940 August-September

Creator

Bund Deutscher Mädel

Location

Rare Books & Special Collections, Hesburgh Libraries

1 album; 71 photographs accompanied by 16 pages of handwritten text in German. Album includes photographs of Bund Deutscher Mädel (German League Girls) during their hiking trip to Danzig (Gdansk, Poland) and the Baltic Sea from Friday, August 16th to Tuesday, September 3rd, 1940. The photographs are arranged in chronological order. The group went mostly by foot, train, and by steam ship on Vistula river from a camp site in a small village Kolodziejewo near the town of Pakosch (Pakosc, Poland). The album includes portraits of Hitler-Jugend (Hitler Youth) boys, images of nature, Kolodziejewo town, Danzig (Gdansk, Poland), and Malbork Castle. It mentions historical events such as the Bloody Sundy of Bydgoszcz and the Treaty of Versailles. It describes visiting other camps and small towns, as well as activities such as hiking, sport, and cooking.

Creator

Bund Deutscher Mädel

Date

1940 August-September

Material Type

Mixed Materials

Identifier

MSE/MD_6422

Subject

Poland

History

Occupation, 1939-1945

Poland

Description and travel

History

20th century

Scouting (Youth activity)

Bund Deutscher Mädel

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Conditions Governing Access

Open for research

Genre/Physical Characteristic

Black-and-white photographs

Languages

German

Dimensions

1 volume

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