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Claims Hitler as Uncle
New York City
- Date
- 1939, April 4
- Location
- New York City
- Country
- USA
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper, retouching in black crayon
- Size
- 18,8 (20,5) x 24,4 (25,6) cm
- Artist
- Associated Press Wirephoto
Description
verso labeled in typeset: Claims Hitler as Uncle-- William Patrick Hitler, 28, and his mother, Mrs. Alois Hitler, arrive in New York from Europe. Hitler says the German chancellor is his uncle, explaining his father, Alois, half-brother to Adolf, and William, mother were married in London in 1910, then Alois deserted her when William was two years old.
(Associated Press Wirephoto)
Stamped: PHOTO ENGRAVING 1939 MAR 31 AM 11:32 THE CLEVELAND NEWS; CARTER; THE CLEVELAND NEWS REFERENCE DEPARTMENT CLEVELAND, OHIO; APR 4 1939
Handwritten: Adolf Hitler relatives