Gestapo officers and a member of the Schutzpolizei look through newspapers and publications during the closing of the Karl-Liebknecht House (KPD headquarters) on the Buelowplatz in Berlin.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 68574

Overview

Caption: Gestapo officers and a member of the Schutzpolizei look through newspapers and publications during the closing of the Karl-Liebknecht House (KPD headquarters) on the Buelowplatz in Berlin.

The closing of Communist Party offices was declared necessary for the protection of the state in the Enabling Act, passed by the Reichstag soon after the fire of 28 February 1933.
Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann/Studio of H. Hoffmann
Date: 1933 March 06 - 1933 March 08
Locale: Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale: Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Photo Source: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park

Copyright: Public Domain

Source Record ID: 242-HB-288
Bundesarchiv

Copyright: Exclusively with source

Source Record ID: Bild 146/81/42/30A

Keyword: COMMUNISTS/COMMUNISM CONFISCATION/EXPROPRIATION FORCED CLOSINGS HEADQUARTERS KARL-LIEBKNECHT-HAUS NEWSPAPERS OFFICES/STAFF/ADMINISTRATION POLICE POLICE (GERMAN) PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS (GERMAN) RAIDS SD/SIPO/GESTAPO
Photo Designation: NAZISM - GERMANY (1933-1945) -- Repression/Murder -- Arrests/Searches/Razzias