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Ethnic German recruits to the German Army from Posen swear allegiance to the Fuehrer.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 95886

Ethnic German recruits to the German Army from Posen swear allegiance to the Fuehrer.

Overview

Caption: Ethnic German recruits to the German Army from Posen swear allegiance to the Fuehrer.
Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann/Studio of H. Hoffmann
Date: 1940 January 07
Locale: Poznan, [Poznan] Poland
Variant Locale: Posen
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Debra Gierach

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Debra Gierach
Published Source: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesberichte. - Ernst Braechow, ed. - Reichsministerium fuer Volksaufklaerung und Propaganda. Studio Heinrich Hoffmann - January 1940.

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: OATHS/SWEARING IN SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GERMAN) VOLKSDEUTSCHE
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Poland -- GENERAL -- Invaders/Occupiers -- German Army/Police

Administrative Notes

Artifact Photographer: Lindsay Harris

Record last modified:: 2000-07-13 00:00:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1121380

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