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The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea"

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

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The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea"

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Title
The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea"
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1939

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Ship captains
Awards
Shaking hands
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: The "Bremen" was a famous German ocean liner of the 1930s. At the outbreak of war she sailed from New York (without passengers) to Murmansk in Russia, then back home to Germany, using her record-setting speed to evade the Allied blockade. Her successful escape was aided by the fact that a British submarine commander, obeying the rules of war in effect at the time, refused to torpedo her.
Content: picture caption: "Dem Kapitän des Schnelldampfers 'Bremen', Commodore Ahrens, wurde für die glückliche Heimfahrt seines schiffes eine hohe Auszeichnung zuteil. Der Senat der Stadt Bremen verlieh ihm 'Die goldene Medaille für hervorragende seemännische Leitung'.
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 10 x 14 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a93ab500-c601-012f-e78b-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1939: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fcaf-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fcaf-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea" Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fcaf-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The captain of the fast liner "Bremen", Commodore Ahrens, was singled out for high honors for bringing his ship happily home. The Senate of the city of Bremen awarded him a "Gold Medal for Outstanding Leadership at Sea"