Adolf Hitler saluting the Olympic flag at the opening of the 1936 Olympic Games.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 73495

Overview

Caption: Adolf Hitler saluting the Olympic flag at the opening of the 1936 Olympic Games.

Pictured to his left are Italian Crown Prince Umberto to his left and former president of the German Olympic Committee, Dr. Theo Lewald, Rudolf Hess (partially obscured) and Werner von Blomberg, Minister of Defence
Date: 1936 August 01
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 Gerhard Vogel

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Gerhard Vogel

Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.9.125

Second Record ID: Collections: 1990.9.124
Published Source: Die olympischen Spiele 1936 in Berlin und Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Hamburg-Bahrenfeld

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS GERMANS HEADS OF STATE HITLER, ADOLF NAZI OFFICIALS OLYMPICS SALUTING
Photo Designation: OLYMPICS -- Berlin Games (1936) -- Nazi Officials/Foreign Delegations