Overview
- Caption
- German and Soviet military officers sign the agreement by which Poland is partitioned between Germany and the Soviet Union.
Original caption from Corbis-Bettmann reads: "A scene in the government building here as German (left) and Soviet (right) army officers divided Poland into two sections. A demarcation line cut the country from North to South, with Germany occupying the territory west of the line, and Russia the east." - Photographer
- Heinrich Hoffmann/Studio of H. Hoffmann
- Date
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1939 September 28
- Locale
- Bialystok, [Bialystok] Poland
- Variant Locale
- Belostok
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Debra Gierach
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Debra GierachBettmann Archive [licensed by Getty Images]
Copyright: Exclusively with source - Published Source
- Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesberichte. - Ernst Braechow, ed. - Reichsministerium fuer Volksaufklaerung und Propaganda. Studio Heinrich Hoffmann - September 1939.
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Artifact Photographer
- Lindsay Harris
- Record last modified:
- 2006-02-03 00:00:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1121383