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British Hitlers Go To Church

New York City


Date
1939, April 2
Location
New York City
Country
USA
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper, recto, typeset, printed below image
Size
24,1 (27,1) x 18,4 (20,5) cm
Artist
Associated Press Wirephoto

Description

recto labeled in typeset: (NY7)NEW YORK, April 2.--British Hitlers Go To Church--Palms in hand, William Patrick Hitler, 28, and his mother, Mrs. Alois Hitler, leave St. Patrick's cathedral after attending Palm Sunday services today. Young Hitler claims the German chancellor as uncle, explaining that his father, Alois, Adolf's half brother, and his mother married in London in 1910, but separated later. (AP Wirephoto) (t11615ts)39

Verso:
Stamped:Associated Press "Wirephoto"; Carter; The Cleveland News Reference Department Cleveland; APR 4 1939

Handwritten: Mrs. Alois Hitler, William Patrick Hitler, File Hitler Relatives; I