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Oct 07, 1939; Berlin, Germany; ADOLF HITLER talks to a wounded Nazi. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
Adolf Hitler, front, salutes parading troops of the German Wehrmacht in Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 5, 1939 after the German invasion. Behind Hitler are seen, from left to right: Army Commander in Chief, Colonel General Walther von Brauchitsch, new commandant of Warsaw, Lieutenant General Friedrich von Cochenhausen, Colonel General Gerd von Rundstedt, Colonel General Wilhelm Keitel. (AP Photo) --- Adolf Hitler gruesst am 5. Oktober 1939 in Warschau, Polen, die vorbeimarschierenden Truppen der Wehrmacht. Hinter dem Diktator stehen (v.l.n.r.) der Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres, Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch, der neue Kommandant von Warschau, Generalleutnant Friedrich von Cochenhausen, Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt sowie Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel. (AP Photo)
The Nazi invasion of Poland and the start of World War II were just a few hours old when Fuehrer Adolf Hitler went before the Reichstag in Berlin on Sept. 1, 1939, to deliver a war tirade without a formal declaration of war. From left are: Julius Schaub, SS leader and Hitler's personal adjutant; Dr. Hans Lammers, chief of Reich Chancellery; and press chief Dr. Otter Dietrich. Behind Hitler is Herman Goering, German Field Marshall. (AP Photo)
The Nazi invasion of Poland and the start of World War II were just a few hours old when Fuehrer Adolf Hitler went before the Reichstag in Berlin, September 1, 1939, to deliver a war tirade without a formal declaration of war. From left are: Julius Schaub, SS leader and Hitler's personal adjutant; Dr. Hans Lammers, chief of Reich Chancellery; and press chief Dr. Otter Dietrich. Behind Hitler is Herman Goering, German Field Marshall. (AP Photo)
Jun 06, 1939; Berlin, Germany; ADOLF HITLER thanking his condor legion for their services in Spain. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
May 23, 1939; Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany; ADOLF HITLER during a speech in Rosenheim. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
Adolf Hitler is shown on the speaker's rostrum at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany on April 28, 1939 as he launched into his 2 hour, 17 minute speech in which he rejected in which he rejected President Franklin Roosevelt's plea for a ten-year peace guarantee. Behind Hitler at the President's desk is Hermann Goering, who presided over the special Reichstag session at Kroll operation. (AP Photo)
All units of the German army participated in the monster military parade, April 20, 1939 in Germany, which celebrated Chancellor Adolf Hitler?s 50th birthday and this picture shows one of the regiments goose-stepping past his previewing stand. Hitler is shown standing alone in the middle section of the white pergola. (AP Photo)
Apr 11, 1939; Berlin, Germany; ADOLF HITLER (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks into microphones on the balcony of Memel Theatre, Lithuania, March 23, 1939, after German troops had occupied the town. In his speech Hitler welcomed the people of Memel into'The Homeland which you never forgot and which has never forgotten you'. (AP Photo)
President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering, left, lifts his Fieldmarshal's baton in greeting to German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, centre right, as he welcomes him on his return from the newly annexed provinces of Czechoslovakia., at Goelitzer Station, Berlin. March 20, 1939. (AP Photo)
Before leaving Prague for a triumphal tour of his newly acquired territory of Czechoslovakia, Chancellor Adolf Hitler paid a visit to a number of German students who were wounded in clashes with the Czechs, March 16, 1939. He is shown greeting their leader in the courtyard of the Hradschin. (AP Photo)
Gen. Wilhelm List, commander of the German fifth army corps, left, and Joseph Buerckel, named governor of the Czech territory seized by the Nazis, are shown in what was once the Square of Liberty and now is Adolf Hitler Square, after German troops took over the city, March 16, 1939, Brno, Czech Republic. Germans gathered about the square. (AP Photo)
Feb 15, 1939; Berlin, Germany; ADOLF HITLER (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
Adolf Hitler flanked by General Wilhelm Keitel, right, Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, are pictured leaving the new Reichs Chancellery, after the new years reception here in Berlin, Germany, January 12, 1939. Von Ribbentrop is wearing the new diplomatic uniform for the first time. (AP Photo)
Leni Riefenstahl, German film star and friend of Adolf Hitler, is shown in Los Angeles, Dec. 7, 1938, where she is vacationing. She chats with Art Goebel, right, winner of the Dole flight to Hawaii, while her secretary, Werner Klingeberg, a member of the Olympic Games committee, looks on. (AP Photo)
Personally carrying the Nazification campaign into the Sudeten German district recently invaded by Germany from Czechoslovakia, Reich Fuehrer Adolf Hitler delivers an election speech at Reichenberg Germany, Dec. 2, 1938 which climaxed the campaign to elect 30 new members to the Reichstag. (AP Photo)
In the presence of smiling Adolf Hitler, left, field marshal Hermann Goering's five month old daughter Edda is christened in the arms of Mrs. Goering by Reichs-bishop Ludwig Mueller, at Goering's forest estate Karinhall, November 4, 1938. To the right of Hitler is Mrs. Sonnemann, sister of Mrs. Goering. Hermann Goering happily smiles seen third from right.Others not identified by source. (AP Photo)
Oct 20, 1938; Berlin, Germany; ADOLF HITLER with HEINRICH HIMMLER. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
As Germany's troops occupied Sudeten areas of Czechoslovakia without conflict, Adolf Hitler made a personal inspection of former Czech fortifications along the frontier in Czech Republic, Oct. 13, 1938. Designed with the aid of French engineers, the defense system was believed similar in many respects to France's famed Maginot line. Der Fuehrer is shown about to enter a concrete
"Pill box" forts at Kreuzbuche near Friedland, Adolf Hitler is shown as he made a close personal inspection of "the little Maginot line," an intricate former Czechoslovakian defense system which was taken over by Germans when Der Fueherer's troops occupied Sudeten Zones, Oct. 13, 1938. French engineers aided in the design of the Czech defense system which is thought to have many features in common with France's vast Maginot line. (AP Photo)
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler and Field Marshal Hermann Goering, with glasses, in Moravia, Czech Republic are shown on their visit to the Sudeten German town of Freudenthal, Northern Bravia, after German troops began occupying zones of Sudetenland according to terms of the Munich pact, Oct. 7, 1938. (AP Photo)
The entrance to the Fuehrer house of Adolf Hitler in Munich, on Oct. 6, 1938 was decorated with the flags of the four- powers when the historic peace conference was held in Germany, September 29, 1938. Here are the English and French flags at one entrance, with the Garman and Italian flags on the other side. (AP Photo)
With German troops advancing in the second zone of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, Adolf Hitler took occasion to have a close look at the former Czech concrete vest-pocket forts at Kreuzbuche near Friedland, Oct. 6, 1938. At left is General Wilhelm Keitel with Adolf Hitler at center, while in background former Czech fortification. At Hitler's right is General Fedor von Bock. (AP Photo)
German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, second from right, stands beside Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, during Hitler's call on the film director, Oct. 3, 1938, at Riefenstahl's Berlin mansion. From left to right: Ilse Riefenstahl, her sister; behind her, Capt. Fritz Wiedemann, Hitler's adjutant; Mrs. Ebersberg (no other information available); Bertha Riefenstahl, Leni's mother; propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels; Heinz Riefenstahl, Leni's brother; Riefenstahl, and Hitler. (AP Photo)
Adolf Hitler, German Reichsfuehrer, acknowledging the ecstatic cheers of Sudeten Germans, as he entered Asch, on the heels of German armies which took over the ceded Czechoslovakian territory, Oct. 3, 1938. Party members grip each other's belt, straining to hold the enthusiastic crowds in check. (AP Photo)
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, surrounded by his aides, all of them high in the German Reich, are shown during a field meal near Eger, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 3, 1938. Notice potatoes and pumpernickel bread in front of Der Fuehrer, a strict vegetarian, and the unbroken line of guards stationed out of hearing behind the table. From the left to right: unidentified; Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo chief; Gen. W. von Reichenau, commander of the army corps which occupied the Third Zone; Hitler; Konrad Henlein, Czech Nazi leader; and Gen. Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the high command of the German army. (AP Photo)
Before the German army marched into the Sudetenland, the Hotel Victoria at Eger, Nazi headquarters, shown Oct. 3, 1938, was partly wrecked in fighting between Sudetens and Czechs. As a tribute to his followers, Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler stands at attention and gives the Nazi salute from his car upon reaching at Eger. (AP Photo)
It used to be in Czechoslovakia, but it was merely part of the Third Zone occupied by the German army after the Munich pact. After occupation by Reich troops, Fuehrer Adolf Hitler visited Eger, Hungary, Oct. 3, 1938, and was received with cheers and raised arms. He is seen smilingly acknowledging his reception. (AP Photo)
General W. von Reichenau, commander of the German army corps which occupied the zone 3 offers his superior and Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, something to eat as the German high command partook of a field meal near Eger, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 3, 1938. At the right of von Reichenau, hatless is Henrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo. On Hiter's left is Konrad Henlein, Sudeten Nazi
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler stands in the back of his car saluting and acknowledging the jubilant crowd, in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 1, 1938, after he had returned to Anhalter Station from Munich. More than a million people lined the streets to cheer and welcome Hitler home. (AP Photo)
British Premier Sir Neville Chamberlain shakes hands with German leader Adolf Hitler, sealing a peace treaty, in Munich, Germany, September 30, 1938. Chamberlain was successful in his peace saving effort in conjunction with the French, German and Italian heads of state. The pact was one of several diplomatic successes that strengthend Hitler's hold on Germany, expand his European power and set the stage for conquest in Europe. Next to Hitler stands interpreter Paul Schmidt and British ambassador Nevile Henderson stans Next to Chamberlain. (AP Photo)
Hands clasped in friendship, Adolf Hitler and England's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, are shown in this historic pose at Munich on Sept. 30, 1938. This was the day when the premier of France and England signed the Munich agreement, sealing the fate of Czechoslovakia. Next to Chamberlain is Sir Neville Henderson, British Ambasador to Germany. Paul Schmidt, an Interpreter, stands next to Hitler. (AP Photo)
Heinrich Himmler, left, chief of the German secret police, and his aide, Reinhard Heydrich are seen in Vienna, Sept. 30, 1938, where they arranged for visit for Adolf Hitler after Germany took over Austria. As a result of the reported revolt attempt by a Czech army group seeking to throw off German rule, Berlin announced, that Heydrich had taken over the position of
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Prime Ministers (L to R) Lord Neville Chamberlain (U.K.), Edouard Daladier (France), Nazi German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini (Italia) and Italian Foreign minister Count Ciano are gathered 30 September 1938 in Munich to sign the Munich treaty between Nazi Germany, France, Italia and the United Kingdom, authorizing Hitler to annex a Czech territory called the Sudetes. Germany finally invaded Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939.
PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Prime Ministers (L to R) Lord Neville Chamberlain (U.K.), Edouard Daladier (France), Nazi German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini (Italia) and Italian Foreign minister Count Ciano are gathered 30 September 1938 in Munich to sign the Munich treaty between Nazi Germany, France, Italia and the United Kingdom, authorizing Hitler to annex a Czech territory called the Sudetes. Germany finally invaded Czechoslovakia on 15 March 1939.
Sep 30, 1938; Munich, Germany; ADOLF HITLER with, MUSSOLINI, DR. PAUL SCHIMDT, and then British Prime Minister CHAMBERLAIN at the Munich Conference. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
These European power diplomats are shown as their historic Munich peace parley, September 29, 1938, which ended the German-Czech crisis. They are: Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister; Edouard Daladier, French premier; Reichsfuechrer Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Count Cianc, Italian Foreign Minister. (AP Photo)
Adolf Hitler of Germany, center, received British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, right, to talk over a possible peaceful solution to the crisis over Czechoslovakias Sudeten areas, which came close to plunging Europe into war, Sept. 29, 1938, Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany. The man on the left is unidentified. (AP Photo)
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler leaving the Fuehrerhouse in Munich, on midnight, Sept. 29, 1938 after when they finally had reached an agreement with Chamberlain and Daladier that the Sudeten German districts should be ceded to the Reich. Discussions with Hitler involved the Czech crisis. The first district was occupied by October 1st 1938. (AP Photo)
Sep 29, 1938; Munich, GERMANY; (L-R): Italian dictator BENITO MUSSOLINI, German dictator ADOLF HITLER, Frence Prime Minister EDOARD DALADIER and British Prime Minister NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN (in the back) meet to sign the Munich Agreement. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
Sep 29, 1938; Munich, Germany; ADOLF HITLER shaking hands with NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, bottom left, speaks from the rostrum before a large crowd of people, around 15,000 people, at the Sports Palace, in Berlin, on Sept. 26, 1938. In his speech Hitler gave President Edvard Benes of Czechoslovakia, one week to accede to German demands for his country. (AP Photo)
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, left, talks to the large audience at the Sports Palace, in Berlin, on Sept. 26, 1938. From left to right; Hitler; Dr. Joseph Goebbels,German Minister of Propoganda; Rudolf Hess, Deputy Leader of the Nazi Party, partly hidden; Hermann Goering, President of the Reichstag; . (AP Photo)
German Minister of Propoganda Dr. Joseph Goebbels, unseen, intoduces German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, left, to the large audience at the Sports Palace, in Berlin, on Sept. 26, 1938. Seated from left to right; Hitler; Rudolf Hess, Deputy Leader of the Nazi Party; Hermann Goering, President of the Reichstag; Joachim Von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister; Wilhelm Frick, German Minister of the Interior. (AP Photo)
This is the scene during a tense meeting in Berchtesgaden, Germany, of Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, left, and Reich Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, following Chamberlain's unprecedented flight seeking a solution to the Czechoslovakian controversy, Sept. 24, 1938. At right are Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, and Sir Neville Henderson, British ambassador to Berlin. (AP Photo)
This historic picture shows Neville Chamberlain, British prime minister, (center) with Reich fuehrer Adolf Hitler (right) at the second of their three dramatic meetings, on Sept. 23, 1938, to solve the European crisis. At left of picture is Sir Neville Henderson, British ambassador to Berlin. Photo was taken in Hitler's hotel room in Godesberg, Germany, at the conclusion of the three hour midnight conference which ended in disagreement. (AP Photo)
Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, centre, stands with Germany's Chancellor Adolf Hitler, right, prior to talks on the Sudetenland crisis, at Hotel Dresden, Bad Godesberg, Germany, Sept. 22, 1938. Britain's Ambassador to Berlin, Sir Neville Henderson, stands at left. (AP Photo)
Sep 20, 1938; Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia; ADOLF HITLER in Sudetenland. Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889?April 30, 1945) was the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Imperial chancellor) of Germany from 1933 to his death. He was leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party. At the height of his power, the armies of Nazi Germany and its Axis Powers dominated much of Europe during World War II. The racial policies that Hitler directed culminated in a massive number of deaths commonly cited at over 11 million people, including 6 million Jews, in a genocide now known as the Holocaust. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine
German Chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, wearing Swastika armband, talks with Walther Von Brauchitsch, left, Supreme Commander of the Army Col. Gen., and Gen. Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the High Command of the Army, at the annual Nazi convention in Nuremberg, Germany, on Sept. 12, 1938. (AP Photo)
German Chancellor and Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler salutes his youth from an open car as he leaves the stadium gathering in Nuremberg, Germany, on Sept. 10, 1938. Some 52,000 members of the Hitler Youth organization, many from Austria, and 5,000 members of the Nazi-led League of German Girls filled the stadium. (AP Photo)
Adolf Hitler, German Chancellor and Nazi Party fuehrer, addresses 52,000 members of the Hitler Youth organization and 5,000 members of the German Girls' League during a session of the 10 annual Nazi rally congress at Nuremberg, Germany, on Sept. 10, 1938. He told the assembly that they had a great future ahead of them. (AP Photo)
Europe moved uneasily as Chancellor Adolf Hitler held Germany?s armed forces on a wartime basis; France threw a mighty force into the Borderland, and diplomats. In London met for long conferences. Member?s Hitler inspecting a concrete dugout at Gross-Born, near Neustettin, August 29, 1938 about 25 miles from the polish border, on August 20, when preparations were being made for the gigantic maneuvers. Near him stands General Von Brauchitsch, left. (AP Photo)
Sudetengerman girls greet Adolf Hitler and shake hands with him on the last day of the big German sports festival in Breslau, Silesia on July 31, 1938. In the background is the leader of the Sudetengermans Dr. Konrad Henlein. 150.000 German athlets from all parts of the world paraded before them. (AP Photo) --- Deutsche Sudetenmaedchen schuetteln die Hand von Adolf Hitler waehrend des Breslauer Turnfestes am 31. Juli 1938 bei dem 150.000 Athleten vor der Tribuene vorbeimarschierten. Im Hintergrund ist der Sudetendeutsche Fuehrer Dr. Konrad Henlein zu sehen. (AP Photo)
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler smiles as he salutes a huge crowd at a sports meeting in Breslau, Poland, July 31, 1938, in which Sudetic Germans participated. Behind Hitler are Konrad Henlen, pro-Nazi Czechoslovakian politician, left, and Ernst Kundt, Deputy Chief of the Sudetic German Party, centre. (AP Photo)