Slate notes heavy reliance on turnips for use in many foods while potatoes and other crops were in short supply in Germany during World War I. "Kohl-Ruben Zeit" (Epoch of Turnips): a German soldier eats bread with turnip marmalade. Two German officers standing beside a tree as the other soldier eats behind them, seated.
Swimming and diving competition in Germany. Men and women participants dive into a swimming pool. Three women perform a synchronized dive. Swimming competitors swim in lanes of the pool during a race. Winner as he completes the lap. Women participants dive into the pool. Spectators watch the competition. Audience cheer for the participants. Female winner comes out and smiles.
German troops marching on a rough field, as they are reviewed by officers mounted on horses. German SA Storm troopers (Sturmabteilung) with massed Nazi swastiks flags marching at a rally in Nuremberg, Germany. Adolf Hitler walking ahead of a group of SA Storm troopers (Brown shirts) led by Ernst Röhm and Schutzstaffel (SS) in black uniforms, led by Heinrich Himmler. Hitler gives impassioned speech about German people (das eigene Volk), saying" Und für dieses Volk und um dieses Volk wollen wir ringen und wollen wir kämpfen. Und niemals erlahmen. Und niemals ermüden. Und niemals verzagen. Und niemals verzweifeln.” (And for this people, and for the sake of this people, we will struggle and fight. And never slaken, never tire, never lose courage, and never lose faith.)
Burial service in Germany. U.S. soldiers standing in attention. German civilians attend memorial service for murdered slave laborers. Polish girls carrying prayer book. Members of United States 102nd Infantry Division, 548th AAA (Anti Aircraft Artillery), Battery D fire a volley over graves. A bugler plays bugle. Views of graves at cemetery. (World War II period).
Workers complete graves in Germany. Workers shovel mud on grave and level it. A worker hammers cross sign on grave. Other workers work on graves in cemetery.
Burial service in Germany. Former Polish slave laborers carry wreath and a group of people move towards cemetery. They enter into cemetery and place wreath. A man speaks on dais during the ceremony.
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