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As Hitler Entered Memel
Memel (Klaipeda)
- Date
- 1939, March 30
- Location
- Memel (Klaipeda)
- Country
- Lithuania
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper
- Size
- 16,4 (18) x 20 (22,8) cm
- Artist
- ACME · Unidentified Photographer
Description
verso labeled in typeset: PLA 496175
As Hitler Entered Memel
Memel -- Chancellor Adolf Hitler (right center foreground, profile view) passing through the masses of troops and civilians on Theatre Square, during his visit to Memel after it was passed to Germany by Lithuania. In foreground nearest camera are seen storm troopers and policemen detailed to watch the crowd from behind.
Credit Line (ACME) 3-30-39 (CT)
1A
Stamped: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; REF. DEPT. 4-4'39
N. E. A.
Handwritten: A34078