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Germans Take Possession of Memel
Memel (Klaipeda)
- Date
- 1939, March 30
- Location
- Memel (Klaipeda)
- Country
- Lithuania
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper
- Size
- 17,3 (18,1) x 20,5 (23) cm
- Artist
- ACME · Unidentified Photographer
Description
verso labeled in typeset: PLA 496198
Germans Take Possession of Memel
Memel, Germany -- German warplanes fly in formation over Memel as, in the street below, Nazi formations and civilians pack the pavements - completing Germany's occupation of the former Lithuanian seaport on the Baltic. A German military car is seen passing with an officer standing to acknowledge the cheers.
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Credit Line (ACME) 3/30/39 (WS)
Stamped: ACME Newspictures, Inc.; REF. DEPT. 4-4'39
N. E. A.
Handwritten: A34078