Spectators fill the bleachers of the swimming stadium as they await the start of a competition.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 37136

Date: 1936 August 01 - 1936 August 16
Locale: Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale: Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Designation: OLYMPICS -- Berlin Games (1936) -- Views/Street Scenes
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
FLAGS
OLYMPICS
SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS
SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN)
STADIUMS
SWIMMING/POOLS
VIEWS
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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