Online Archive

Photographic Collection 1913-1946
← Back to gallery
60 / 108

Germans Reported Fleeing Poland

Berlin


Date
1939, August 28
Location
Berlin
Country
Germany
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
16 (18) x 21,6 (22,8) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: PAR 518642
Germans Reported Fleeing Poland
Berlin -- Flown to New York by Trans-Atlantic Clipper, this picture shows a family of German nationality, which resided in Poland, ostensibly fleeing the so-called "Polish terror" to seek haven in Germany. They are pictured on German soil where it is reported numerous refugees have been arranged to care for the transients.
Credit Line (ACME) 8-26-39 (CT) IA CAN

Stamped: ACME Newspictures; REF. DEPT. 9-1'39 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A24557