Hitler gives a speech to a large crowd of young Nazis in the Lustgarten in Berlin.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 36968

Date: 1936 May 01
Locale: Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale: Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Designation: NAZISM - GERMANY (1933-1945) -- Rallies/Ceremonies -- Berlin -- 1934-1937
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Wendie Theus

Event History: Photograph from a photo album entitled "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit bei der Leibstandaite SS Adolf Hitler" [In memory of my service with the SS bodyguards of Adolf Hitler]. The original owner of the album is thought to be Gerhard Pleiss.
The album was brought this back from Europe by the father of the donor, Milton V. Elliott, an American soldier.
Biography: Gerhard Pleiss, Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company was born April 20, 1915, in Remschein Germany. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Pleiss was killed by a mine on November 17, 1941, during the offensive on Rostov-on-Don.
Keyword: ALBUMS
CROWDS
FLAGS (NAZI)
HITLER, ADOLF
RALLIES/PARADES
RALLIES/PARADES (NAZI)
SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS
SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN)
YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Wendie Theus

Source Record ID: Collections: 2013.455
: Record last modified: 2014-03-14 00:00:00
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