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Germans Reported Fleeing Poland

Essen


Date
1939, August 28
Location
Essen
Country
Germany
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
15,5 (18) x 21 (22,8) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: SCH 518727
Germans Reported Fleeing Poland
Essen, Germany -- Said to be among the 80,000 Germans forced to flee Poland because of "repressive" measures adopted by Polish authorities, Germans receiving blankets and other equipment at an emergency station established by the German government. Nazi authorities say that these thousands were forced to quit their homes in Poland to seek safety in the "Fatherland."
Credit Line (ACME) 8-28-39 (CT) Burs

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