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Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler during the Munich conference, 1938

Benito Mussolini (left) and Adolf Hitler (right) during the Munich conference on the Sudeten question.

Chamberlain and Ribbentrop on the airfield Oberwiesenfeld, 1938

The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is received by Joachim von Ribbentrop at the Munich airport Oberwiesenfeld. In the background between Chamberlain and Ribbentrop: Christian Weber, right behind Ribbentrop: the Mayor of Munich Karl Fiehler can be seen.

Return of Chamberlain from Munich, 1938

After visiting Hitler at Berghof on the Obersalzberg, the British Prime Minister flies back to Britain from Oberwiesenfeld with a Lockheed 10 Electra of the British Airways.

Ribbentrop welcomes Chamberlain at the airport Oberwiesenfeld, 1938

Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop greets with a handshake the British Prime Minister on the airfield Oberwiesenfeld in Munich before the onward journey to the Berghof on the Obersalzberg. In the background you can see a Lockheed Model 10 Electra of the British Airways.

Ribbentrop, Chamberlain and Wilson on the airfield Oberwiesenfeld, 1938

Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (left) welcomes British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain on the airfield Oberwiesenfeld before the onward journey to the Obersalzberg. Behind Chamberlain Sir Horace Wilson can be seen.

Chamberlain, Ribbentrop, Henderson and Dirksen at the Rasthaus am Chiemsee, 1938

After visiting Hitler at Berghof on the Obersalzberg and before flying back to England (from left) British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, the British Ambassador in Berlin Nevile Henderson and the German Ambassador in London Herbert von Dirksen, visit the Rasthaus am Chiemsee.

Neville Chamberlain says goodbye to Joachim von Ribbentrop, 1938

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (right) says goodbye to the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (left) in Munich (Oberwiesenfeld) after visiting Adolf Hitler at the Berghof during the Sudeten crisis.

Neville Chamberlain at the airport Oberwiesenfeld, 1938

After the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had a conversation with Hitler on the Sudeten crisis on the Obersalzberg, he flies back to London from the Munich airport Oberwiesenfeld, where he gives an interview to a reporter before the departure.

Chamberlain, Ribbentrop and Henderson at Rasthaus Chiemsee, 1938

After a visit of Hitler on the Obersalzberg the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain visits (left) together with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and the British Ambassador Nevile Henderson, the Rasthaus am Chiemsee.

Ribbentrop, Chamberlain and von Dirksen at Rasthof Chiemsee, 1938

British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (center) together with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (front) and the German ambassador in London Herbert von Dirksen on the way back from the Obersalzberg to Munich.

Chamberlain's plane on the way to Munich, 1938

A British Airways plane (Lockheed 10 Electra G-AEPR) brings the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to a meeting with Hitler on the Obersalzberg, here above the French Atlantic coast.

Chamberlain and Halifax on the Heston Aerodrome, September 1938

The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain talks to a film crew on the Heston Aerodrome before flying to Munich for a meeting with Hitler on the Sudeten crisis. Second from right with melon, British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax. In the background, a machine of the British Airways can be seen.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Neville Henderson in the Kurhotel Petersberg, 1938

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (with hat) and the British Ambassador in Berlin Nevile Henderson on the balcony of the Grand Hotel on the Petersberg, where Chamberlain resided during the talks with Hitler in Bad Godesberg.

Chamberlain says goodbye to Ribbentrop at the Cologne airport, 1938

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (right) says goodbye with a handshake to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop at the Cologne airport before flying back to the UK. In the background a part of the Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFGN can be seen.

International press in Bad Godesberg expecting news on the Sudeten problem, 1938

Representatives of the international press who have gathered in the afternoon in the hall of the Kurhotel Petersberg expect news about the meeting between Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler (on the wall hangs a portrait of the Chancellor).

Hitler and Chamberlain in Bad Godesberg, 1938

Adolf Hitler leads the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the Dreesen Hotel in Bad Godesberg. Left beside, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and the Chief of Protocol of the Foreign Office, Baron Alexander von Dornberg, far right Wilhelm Keitel can be seen. The meeting of the heads of government should clarify the Sudeten question.

Chamberlain says goodbye to Ribbentrop, Cologne Airport 1938

After the discussion on the Sudeten question in Bad Godesberg, the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain bids farewell to Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop at the Cologne / Bonn Airport with a handshake. In the background, a Lockheed Electra 14 Suer of the British Airways.

Study in the spa hotel Petersberg, 1938

View of a study that was taken into consideration for the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain to discuss the Sudeten questionwith Hitler, in the spa hotel on the Petersberg near Koenigswinter, Chamberlain's residence during his stay in Bonn (Bad Godesberg).

Study in the spa hotel Petersberg, 1938

Chamberlain and Ribbentrop on the Petersberg, 1938

British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (left front) and the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (right beside) leave the spa hotel on the Petersberg near Bonn to fly from Cologne airport back to Great Britain.

Bad Godesberg, 1938

View of one of the access roads to the Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg, where several guests have gathered before the meeting of Hitler and Chamberlain regarding the Sudeten question.

Bad Godesberg, 1938

View of several people who have gathered in Bad Godesberg at Rheinhotel Dreesen (center), before the meeting of Hitler and Chamberlain regarding the Sudeten question.

Rheinhotel Dreesen, 1938

Onlookers before Rheinhotel Dreesen in Ruengsdorf (Bad Godesberg), that is adorned with the Union Jack and the swastika flag, wait for the guests who arrive at the meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler concerning the Sudeten question.

Rheinhotel Dreesen, 1938

Hitler welcomes Chamberlain in Rheinhotel Dreesen, 1938

Adolf Hitler (one step higher) welcomes British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain at Rheinhotel Dreesen, with a handshake. To the left of Hitler Paul-Otto Schmidt, chief interpreter at the Foreign Office can be seen. They meet in Bad Godesberg to discuss the Sudeten question.

Farewell between Chamberlain and Hitler in Bad Godesberg, 1938

After the final discussions of the Sudeten problem, British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (left) and Adolf Hitler say goodbye to each other on the steps of the Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg (Ruengsdorf). To the right beside Chamberlain, the British Ambassador to Berlin Sir Nevile Henderson, to the left beside Hitler, Paul-Otto Schmidt (Chief Interpreter at the Foreign Office).

Arthur Neville Chamberlain before departing to Bad Godesberg, 1938

On the Heston Aerodrome in London, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain a gives a press statement before flying with a Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFGN of the British Airways to a meeting with Hitler in Bad Godesberg on the Sudeten question.

1938 Munich Agreement, Neville Chamberlain at Bad Godesberg

On the Heston Aerodrome in London, before representatives of the press British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain climbs in a Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFGN of the British Airways to fly to a meeting with Hitler in Bad Godesberg regarding the Sudeten question.

Chamberlain and Ribbentrop at the Cologne airport, 1938

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (left front) is welcomed by Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (his right) after his arrival at the Cologne airport. In Bad Godesberg Chamberlain and Hitler will attend a meeting on the Sudeten question. 3rd row left behind Chamberlain, the German ambassador in London, Herbert von Dirksen.

Munich Agreement 1938, Neville Chamberlain in Bad Godesberg

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain flies with a Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFGN of the British Airways from Heston Aerodrome to Bonn, where he will discuss with Hitler the Sudeten question in Bad Godesberg.

Crowd in front of 10 Downing Street, London 1938

A crowd awaits the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain who just returned from Bad Godesberg, where he discussed the Sudeten question with Hitler, and is held back by the police at the intersection Downing Street / Whitehall. A man left behind the crowdis holding a poster with the slogan "Peace, Honour, Security".

Chamberlain before leaving for Bad Godesberg, 1938

The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (center) inspects at Heston Aerodrome, the Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFGN of British Airways, with which he will fly to a discussion on the Sudeten question with Hitler in Bad Godesberg.

Chamberlain flies to Bad Godesberg, 1938

Londoners waving to a Lockheed Super Electra G-14 high AFGN of British Airways, with which the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain flies from Heston Aerodrome to Bonn-Bad Godesberg to discuss the Sudeten question with Hitler.

Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street after returning from Bad Godesberg, 1938

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (right) at the entrance of his government headquarters in the 10 Downing Street before cameras and people after he has returned from Bad Godesberg from a meeting on the Sudeten question

Munich agreement 1938, Arthur Neville Chamberlain in Munich

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Munich agreement 1938, Arthur Neville Chamberlain in Munich

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Announcement of the Munich Conference, 1938

A poster announcing the meeting between Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier at a historic conference in Munich. Moreover the exact journey time and route from the station to Brienner Strasse through Munich is also listed.

Joint statement by Hitler and Chamberlain after the Munich Agreement,1938

Pictured is an English-language transcript of the joint statement of Adolf Hitler and Arthur Neville Chamberlain that they issued after their last debate before the return of Chamberlain. Below the signature of the two. The text reads: "We have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognizing that the question of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for the two countries and for Europe. We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again. We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible source of difference and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe. "

Crowd in front of Buckingham Palace after the Munich Agreement was signed, 1938

After the signing of the Munich Agreement and the return of British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain, he is on the balcony of Buckingham Palace together with the royal couple, George VI and Elizabeth and is greeted by an enthusiastic crowd, among others with the Nazi salute.

Greeting card of Chamberlain with Lockheed 14 Super Electra, 1938

The greeting card of Arthur Neville Chamberlain and his wife on the occasion of Christmas shows the Lockheed 14 Electra Super G AFGN in the air, with which the British Prime Minister flew from Heston Aerodrome to the Munich Conference.

Division of Czechoslovakia, 1938

Contemporary photomontage on the occasion of the Munich Agreement. Pictured below: Arthur Neville Chamberlain during a speech, center: the map of Czechoslovakia with the areas ceded to the German Reich, Poland and Hungary in 1938, the picture above: left Arthur Neville Chamberlain, right Edouard Daladier.

von Epp, Chamberlain, Heydrich and Ribbentrop at the Munich Airport, 1938

The British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (center) is welcomed by Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (r.) and Reichsstatthalter Franz Ritter von Epp (l.) at the Munich airport Oberwiesenfeld. Behind Chamberlain and Ribbentrop Reinhard Heydrich can be seen.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler in Munich, 1938

Adolf Hitler and the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain during the Munich conference in late September 1938 when the transfer of the Sudetenland to the German Reich was decided.

Crowd in Paris at Chamberlain's arrival, 1938

A crowd has gathered to greet British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Lord Halifax at the Gare du Nord in Paris. Several protesters revolt against Chamberlain's policy of appeasement and the Munich Pact and call, inter alia, "Vive Eden".

British delegation prior to departure from the Heston Aerodrome to the Munich Conference, 1938

The British delegation led by the Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (center) as well as other ministers and High Commissioners of the Dominions have gathered at the Heston Aerodrome at London before the departure to the Munich Conference.

Chamberlain and the British government prior to departure from the Heston Aerodrome to Munich, 1938

Before the departure to the Munich Conference from the Heston Aerodrome in London, the British delegation has lined up for a photograph. In front, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. From left Kingsley Wood, Aviation Minister, behind Douglas Hogg (Viscount Hailsham), John Simon, Leslie Hore-Belisha, Minister of War, Lord Halifax. Behind Simon and Belisha there are William Morrison, Minister of Agriculture and Duff Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty. The High Commissioner to South Africa probably William Clark is far left, to Canada probably Gerald Campbell at Lord Halifax's left side and to Australia Stanley Bruce at right.

Edouard Daladier and Hermann Goering in Munich, 1938

French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier (left) and Hermann Goering, who picked him with a Mercedes, go in the Briennerstrasse to the venue of the Munich Conference on the Sudeten crisis.

Goering, Hitler and Daladier during the Munich Conference, 1938

French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier signs the guestbook during the Munich conference on the Sudeten crisis, in the presence of Hermann Goering (left) and Adolf Hitler (right),

Edouard Daladier and Hermann Goering in Munich, 1938

Munich Agreement 1938: the French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier (l.) and Hermann Goering on his way to Munich for to the arrival of Daladier.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, 1938

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini inspect the Guard of Honor at the Munich Central Station after the arrival of Mussolini for the Munich Conference to discuss about the Sudeten question. Further left Hermann Goering and the Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano.

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Munich, 1938

After Mussolini's arrival at the Munich Central Station Adolf Hitler accompanies the "Duce" in his Mercedes to the Prinz-Carl-Palais, where Mussolini will take a stand on the Sudeten question during his visit to the Munich Conference

Goering, Mussolini, Hitler, Ciano in Munich, 1938

After the arrival of Mussolini to the Munich Conference at the Munich Central Station: 1st row from left Hermann Goering, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Count Galeazzo Ciano. Behind Rudolf Hess and Heinrich Himmler.

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Munich agreement 1938, Benito Mussolini in Munich

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Hitler, Mussolini, Goering, Ciano, Himmler and Hess at the negotiating table during the Munich Conference, 1938

During the discussions on the Sudeten question in the Fuhrerbau in Munich from left at the conference table with a map: Adolf Hitler (behind covered Martin Bormann), Benito Mussolini (behind Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz and Philip von Hessen), Hermann Goering (behind Otto Dietrich), Count Galeazzo Ciano (partly hidden), Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess.

Mussolini, Hitler, Ciano, Himmler and Hess at the Munich Conference, 1938

During the meetings in the Fuhrerbau on the Konigsplatz in Munich, leaning over a table from left: Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, the Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess. Left Philipp von Hessen.

Negotiations on the separation of the Sudetenland in the Cerveny Hradek Castle, 1938

View of the room at the Castle Cerveny Hradek in Jirkov where are held the negotiations between the British ambassador Lord Walter Runciman with the Chairman of the Sudeten German Party, Konrad Henlein. On the table is a map with the territory demanded by Henlein which should be ceded by Czechoslovakia to the German Reich.

Adolf Hitler arrives to the Munich Conference, 1938

Adolf Hitler (front left) arrives with his Mercedes in front of the Fuhrerbau, where takes place the Munich Conference on the Sudeten question.

Carnival parade, Munich 1938

The carnival parade of 1939 in Munich deals with the subject of the Sudeten crisis and the Munich Agreement of last year: "The underpants of Lord Schissermeier on 30 and 28 September 1938".

Title page of the Muenchner Neuesten Nachrichten about Hitler's speech on the Sudeten crisis 1938

Headline of the front page of the Muenchner Neuesten Nachrichten on the speech by Adolf Hitler concerning the Sudeten crisis at the Nazi Party Rally: "Autonomy for the Sudetenland! The proud day of the Wehrmacht - the speech of the Fuehrer intercepted with feverish tension in all major cities of the world."

Hitler's speech on the Sudeten crisis in the Sports Palace, 1938

A picture made up of several images showing Adolf Hitler's speech on the Sudeten crisis in the Berlin Sports Palace. Several banners hanging on the balustrades of the hall: "One Nation, One Empire, One Fuehrer!", "The Germans in the Czechoslovakia are neither defenseless nor abandoned. One should take note of that" and "Fuehrer command, we follow!".

Rally of the Sudeten Germans in the Ausstellungspalast Dresden, 1938

Partial views of the participants of the rally of the Sudeten refugees in the Staedtischen Ausstellungspalast (Municipal Exhibition Palace) of Dresden. Above a banner: "We want home in the Reich!" Left the logo of the Sudeten German Party can be seen.

Hitler's speech on the Sudeten crisis at the Sports Palace, 1938

Partial overview of the Berlin Sports Palace during the speech of Adolf Hitler (speaking) on the Sudeten crisis. Left and right several high-ranking Nazi officials, among them at right Rudolf Hess, Hermann Goering, Johann von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Frick, Heinrich Himmler. In the first row behind Hitler, Martin Bormann can be seen.

Sudeten German beer for Berlin citizens, 1938

As a result of the occupation of the Sudetenland beer from the Egerland is imported to Berlin for the first time since the First World War. The picture shows as barrels with the Egerer beer are loaded at the freight station Potsdam. On the van there is the slogan: "The Germans drink Sudeten German export beers" as well as the beer brands "Egerer Urbraeu", "Grosspriesener Urbraeu" and "Saazer Urstoff".

Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Wilson, Ciano and Daladier at the Munich Conference, 1938

Look at the negotiating room of the 'Brown House' during the Munich Conference. from left: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, Sir Horace Wilson, Count Galeazzo Ciano, Ernst von Weizsaecker, Edouard Daladier and Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Hitler receives Mussolini in Kufstein on the occasion of the Munich Conference, 1938

Reception of Benito Mussolini by Adolf Hitler on the platform in Kufstein on 29 September 1938. Hitler received his guest in Kufstein, to go then jointly with him in his special train to the conference in Munich. In the second row from left: SS Reich Leader Heinrich Himmler, Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and General Wilhelm Keitel.

Adolf Hitler and Martin Bormann during the Munich Conference, 1938

The Nazi leader with Martin Bormann, who became one of the most influential Nazi officials, here at the Munich Conference before the Fuehrerbau (Koeniglicher Platz) in September 1938. Left adjutant Julius Schaub, far left Karl Wolff.

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Munich, 1938

Mussolini in connection with the negotiations on the occasion of the Sudeten crisis. Right behind Hitler: the general of artillery, Wilhelm Keitel, left behind Mussolini: Hermann Goring. One day later, the signing of the Munich Agreement takes place, which decided the assignment of the border regions of Bohemia (Sudetenland), that was predominantly inhabited by Germans, to the German Reich.

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Munich, 1938

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler step off the front of the honor guard. Hitler welcomes Mussolini in connection with the negotiations on the occasion of the Sudeten crisis. Left in the background: Hermann Goring and the Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano. One day later, the signing of the Munich Agreement takes place, which decided the assignment of the border regions of Bohemia (Sudetenland), that was predominantly inhabited by Germans, to the German Reich.

Adolf Hitler welcomes Benito Mussolini in Kufstein, 1938

Prime Minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and Chancellor of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler greet each other at the station of Kufstein. Mussolini went to the Munich Conference.

Chamberlain leaves the Downing Street waving , 1938

Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain waving as he leaves Downing Street No. 10. He is on the way to the Munich conference, where he participates together with Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Edouard Daladier.

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Hermann Göring Galeazzo Ciano, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Heß,

Adolf Hitler, Karl Bodenschatz, Benito Mussolini, Hermann Goering, Galeazzo Ciano (hidden), Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Heß (from left) during the Munich Conference.

Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Heß and Benito Mussolini, 1938

Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Heß and Benito Mussolini (from left) during the Munich Conference.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Joachim von Ribbentrop at the end of the Munich Conference, 1938

British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain (center) and the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (right) walk side by side on the airfield.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, 1938

Reception of the Italian delegation to the Munich Conference. Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini walk in the front of the SS Guard of Honor before the main station in Munich. First row from left: General Field Marshal Hermann Goering and the Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Count Ciano, Hitler and Mussolini.

Adolf Hitler und Benito Mussolini bei der Münchner Konferenz, 1938

Adolf Hitler und Benito Mussolini verlassen das Konferenzgebäude in der Arcisstraße, den sog. "Führerbau", in München nach der Unterzeichnung des Münchner Abkommens. Zwischen Mussolini und Hitler der italienische Außenminister, Graf Galeazzo Ciano. Rechts von Hitler Hermann Göring.

Adolf Hitler during the Munich Conference, 1938

Adolf Hitler leaves the so-called "Fuehrerbau" in Munich after the first meeting during the Munich Conference on 29 September 1938. Behind Hitler his SS adjutant, Brigadier Julius Schaub, SS Group Leader Karl Wolff, head of Himmler's personal staff, Reich Leader Martin Bormann and the SS Reich Leader Heinrich Himmler.

Munich Conference, 1938

The photo shows, from the left Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, Adolf Hitler, the interpreter Paul Schmidt, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Sir Horace Wilson and the French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier at a discussion during the Munich conference, presumably in the 'Brown House' on Koenigsplatz.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain on his way to the Munich conference, 1938

A group of spectators say farewell to the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain at the airport. Chamberlain is on the way to Munich to meet with Edouard Daladier, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. The Munich Agreement specified the transfer of the Sudetenland to the German Reich. His plane is a Lockheed L.14 'Super Electra'.

Group picture at the Munich Conference, 1938

After signing the Munich Agreement, the participants make a joint group shots. 1. Row from left: Arthur Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Count Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Row from left: interpreter Paul Schmidt, Sir Horace Wilson, Joachim von Ribbentrop, State Secretary Ernst von Weizsaecker, and Saint John Perse, diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize winner in1960 . Munich 29 September 1938.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Joachim von Ribbentrop in Munich, 1938

On 29 September 1938 receives the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain in Munich for the Munich conference.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain in Munich, 1938

British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain, who is on a state visit in Germany, raises his hat to salute the Munich population. This gesture takes place a day before the signing of the Munich Agreement.

Franz Ritter von Epp and Neville Chamberlain in Munich, 1938

The British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (right) after his arrival to Munich-Oberwiesenfeld airport with Franz Ritter von Epp. Christian Weber is in the background between Ritter von Epp (middle) and the Prime Minister. Left is the Regional Party Leader of Munich Adolf Wagner. In the foreground the chief of the honor company SS Regiment "Deutschland".

The "Fuehrerbau" during the Munich Conference, 1938

The French and British flags decorate the front door of the "Fuehrer House" (Leader's House) on Koenigsplatz, in which the Munich conference took place. At the meeting between Neville Chamberlain, Edouard Daladier, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler it was attempted to avoid the war threatening between the German Reich and Czechoslovakia. The transfer of the Sudetenland to Germany was established in the Munich Agreement.

Neville Chamberlain and Joachim von Ribbentrop at Oberwiesenfeld airfield, Munich, 1938 (b/w photo)

also featured in the picture is Reinhard Heydrich (1904-42) SS-Obergruppenfuehrer and General der Polizei, Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) British Conservatice politician and Prime Minister (1937-40), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893-1946) Foreign Minister of Germany (1938-45),

'Body Guard Regiment Adolf Hitler' in front of the Fuehrerbau in Munich, 1938

SS soldiers of the 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler' stand in front of the Fuehrerbau in Munich as an honor guard for the meeting of the statesmen of the four great powers, which resulted in the Munich Pact.

Adolf Hitler at the signing of the Munich Agreement, 1938

Adolf Hitler signed the agreement on the transfer of the Sudetenland to the German Reich at the end of the Munich Conference. The photo shows: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Italian Duce Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Attolico, Ernst Freiherr von Weizsaecker, Arthur Henderson, Andre

The Italian Ambassador Attolico, the German State Secretary Ernst Freiherr von Weizsaecker, the British Ambassador Arthur Henderson and France's representative Andre Francois-Poncet at the Oberwiesenfeld airport in Munich before their flight to Berlin. They belong to four of the great powers of the international commission involved in determining the details of the evacuation and German occupation of the Sudetenland.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain promises in London 'Peace in our time', 1938

As an addendum to the Munich Agreement the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler signed a statement which was interpreted as part of the negotiations. On his return to England Chamberlain was waving already at the airport with the supplementary agreement and did the famous exclamation 'Peace in our time'.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain and Joachim von Ribbentrop at the airport Oberwiesenfeld, 1938

After the Munich conference in 1938, the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain says goodbye to Joachim von Ribbentrop at the airport Oberwiesenfeld. In the middle the Bavarian Minister President Ludwig Siebert can be seen.

Farewell of Chamberlain after the Munich Conference, 1938

At the farewell of the British Prime Minister Arthur Neville Chamberlain reports the Head of Guard of Honor of the SS Standarte "Deutschland" (SS Regiment "Germany") its formation. In the first row can be seen: from right to left: Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Chamberlain, Reich Governor Franz Ritter von Epp and the Bavarian Minister President Ludwig Siebert.

Adolf Hitler takes leave of Benito Mussolini after the Conference of Munich

Il Duce Benito Mussolini (left) and the Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano take their leave of Adolf Hitler at the main train station in Munich on the evening of September 30, 1938.

Neville Chamberlain signs the Munich Agreement, 1938

The British Prime Minister signs the agreement, which would pave the way for the separation of the Sudetenland form Czechoslovakia.

Arthur Neville Chamberlain promises 'Peace for Our Time' in London, 1938

As an additional agreement to the Munich Pact the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler signed a statement which was interpreted as part of the negotiations. Upon his return to England, Chamberlain is waving at the airport with the additional agreement and makes the famous exclamation 'Peace for our time'.