A member of the Schutzpolizei jumps down from a hole in the ceiling he searched during the closing of the Karl-Liebknecht House (KPD headquarters), which was on the Buelowplatz in Berlin.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 68577

Overview

Caption: A member of the Schutzpolizei jumps down from a hole in the ceiling he searched during the closing of the Karl-Liebknecht House (KPD headquarters), which was 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-280

Keyword: COMMUNISTS/COMMUNISM FORCED CLOSINGS HEADQUARTERS KARL-LIEBKNECHT-HAUS POLICE POLICE (GERMAN) RAIDS SEARCHES
Photo Designation: NAZISM - GERMANY (1933-1945) -- Repression/Murder -- Arrests/Searches/Razzias