German troops marching in the Klaipeda region, 1939

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Image text:

German Wehrmacht troops arrive in Klaipeda (Memel) to occupy the Klaipeda Region, here soldiers on motorcycles (presumably BMW R 12), are welcomed by the population.

Photographer:

Scherl

Date:

23.03.1939

31.12.1945

Location:

Lithuania

Image ID:

00340046

Dimensions:

4967px x 3740px

Usage:

No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

Copyright Notice:

Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Collection:

Historical archives

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Integration of the Memelland into the German Reich 24.03.1939

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Keywords:

National Socialism Nazi Third Reich unrest conflicts military politics historical BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke German Reich German people German troops marching Germany Klaipeda Lithuania Memel Klaipeda region National Socialist Nazism Prussia Wehrmacht Wehrmacht sidecar annexation army ethnic German foreign German infantry integration of Memel marching motorcycle sidecar soldier troop troops wife

Headline:

German troops marching in the Klaipeda region, 1939

Date:

23.03.1939

Photographer:

Scherl

Image ID:

00340046