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Hitler Leaves for Polish Front

Berlin


Date
1939, September 4
Location
Berlin
Country
Germany
Material
Halftone print, retouching/painting in dark and light crayon/gouache
Size
26,2 x 16,9 cm
Artist
Associated Press Wirephoto

Description

verso labeled in typeset: Adolf Hitler signing proclamation to Germany's eastern front in which he announced armed intervention in Poland... he would leave Berlin at once for the front... proved in his radio speech that turns on radioed from Berlin.

Stamped: Associated Press "Wirephoto"; Sep 4 1939
Handwritten: Hitler leaves for Polish front, Poland, 60