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Official British photograph showing German civilians listening to the terms of German surrender.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 49984

Official British photograph showing German civilians listening to the terms of German surrender.

Original caption reads, "Thousands of German civilians gathered in the square in front of the ancient Town Hall at Lueneburg to hear the official news of the surrender of all the German armed forces in Europe. A British loud speaker van was used to relay the news in German. An old woman in centre of crowded square weeps as she hears the news."

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Caption: Official British photograph showing German civilians listening to the terms of German surrender.

Original caption reads, "Thousands of German civilians gathered in the square in front of the ancient Town Hall at Lueneburg to hear the official news of the surrender of all the German armed forces in Europe. A British loud speaker van was used to relay the news in German. An old woman in centre of crowded square weeps as she hears the news."
Date: 1945 May 11
Locale: Lueneburg, [Prussian Hanover; Lower Saxony] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Joseph Eaton

Source Record ID: Collections: 2010.197

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CROWDS GERMANS SURRENDER
Photo Designation: WORLD WAR II: ALLIED WAR EFFORT -- German Surrender

Record last modified:: 2019-02-14 00:00:00
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