German Newsweek No. 676- 18 August 1943

The German Newsweek (Die Deutsche Wochenschau) was the unified newsreel of Germany from 1940-1945. The concept of a weekly newsreel was much older, dating back to WWI, and in the 1930s, there were several different weekly newsreels in Germany. With the outbreak of WWII, these were unified and from June 1940 shown under the title of “The German Newsweek“. It was one of the most important aspects of German propaganda. Each week, over 2000 copies were sent to theaters and movie houses throughout Germany and shown to the general public, as private TV ownership was extremly rare during WWII. Over 700 episodes were produced, and many of the historical WWII footage we nowadays have comes from the Wochenschau. This is issue No. 676 from August 18th, 1943. It shows the 1943 German National Weightlifting Championship, footage from Navy Hitler Youth, from U-Boat commander Wolfgang Lüth, footage from German police boats on the Dniepr river, wheat harvest in Ukraine, ethnical Germans from Romania joining the Waffen-SS, German soldiers in Greece and on the Eastern Front enjoying their free time, and combat footage from various points of the Eastern Front. - Subtitles made by me.