2 - Model of Buenos Aires hospital. Volksdeutscher Bilderdienst, Stuttgart, Haus des Deutschtums; Argentina, Buenos Aires, July 30, 1931

The photographs are arranged into two series: those that were taken or purchased (by DAI) before the establishment of the Nazi regime in 1933 and those from the period after 1933. In each series, the pictures are listed under the country of origin, where they were taken or, in the case of postcards, what they depict. In the case of a few photographs, the date and place of origin could not be determined. The majority of the photographs capture German communal life in the Americas. Some photographs show buildings and natural phenomena that probably caught the attention of a German traveler. There are pictures of buildings that belonged to an important German immigrant or contain an event thought to be significant for Germans in the Americas. In addition, there are photographs of American and Mexican soldiers in training that apparently interested the unknown creator of this collection. About a third of the photographs in the collection belong to the period prior to 1933.

The Nazi takeover influenced German communities as well as gained non-German followers in the Americas. The pictures show that German communities' sympathy for National Socialism manifested itself in their communal celebrations, such as the day of the colonist in Brazil celebrated on July 25. May 1, which was also celebrated as the Day of German Work, and the celebration of Hitler's birthday. Participants carried Nazi flags and other symbols embellished the props and displays used at the festivities. There are group portraits of young men sporting Nazi uniforms. Pictures capturing more prosaic moments, such as the portrait of a man in Nazi uniform or the commentary to a picture of a local German leader also testify to the attraction of Nazism. Two small photo albums depict the interior of the "House of Germandom" in Dan José de la Mariquina, Chile. On a photograph of a building on the cover of one of the albums, a Nazi German flag can be seen on the mast in front of the building attesting to the ideological sympathy. The interior of the house, however, does not exhibit any ideological identity, which illustrates the cultural and ideological diversity of the German experience in the Americas.