German Navy in the port of Memel, 1939

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Image text:

The first warship of the German Navy moors in the port of Klaipeda (Memel) after the annexation of the Klaipeda Region. A man of the Memel Security Service welcomes crew members.

Photographer:

Scherl

Date:

24.03.1939

Location:

Lithuania

Image ID:

00340057

Dimensions:

4960px x 3745px

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

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Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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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 East Prussia German Empire German troops invasion German-Lithuanian treaty Klaipeda Klaipeda region Kriegsmarine Marine Memel Military NSDAP Nazism Prussia SS SS security service Sailor Schutzstaffel Wehrmacht armed forces boat foreign policy inclusion of Memel party uniform port sailor security service ship soldier troops

Headline:

German Navy in the port of Memel, 1939

Date:

24.03.1939

Photographer:

Scherl

Image ID:

00340057