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The British battleship Royal Oak, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1939.

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An elaborate German album depicting the events of 1939.
Berlin, Germany, 1939, Hitler meeting the Romanian foreign minister Gasencu.
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Bucharest, Romania, 1939, Ley and the king of Romania, Carol, at the opening of an exhibition entitled "Joy and work".
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Le Bourget, France, 1939, British and French pilots near a French bomber.
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Berlin, Germany, October 1939, Hitler reviewing a parade.
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Germany, 1939, Two German soldiers behind barbed wire fence on the western front.
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Moscow, USSR, 23 August 1939, signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
Appearing in the photograph are Josef Stalin (in a light-colored suit), Joachim von Ribbentrop (to his left) and Vyacheslav Molotov (sitting).
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Germany, December 1939, Soldiers carrying a Christmas tree into a bunker.
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Munich, Germany, 9/11/39, Hitler's annual address to veteran party members.
After Hitler left, a bomb exploded in the hall, killing 8 people.
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Germany, December 1939, A ship canon factory.
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Munich, Germany, Hitler saluting to the victims of the explosion in the "Buergerbraeukeller" Beer Hall, 1939.
At the end of a speech given by Hitler to the Nazi party elders on 08/11/1939 marking the brewery putsch, there was an explosion at the place, in which 7 people died and another 63 were wounded. Adolf Hitler, who left the place a few minutes earlier than planned, wasn't harmed.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Jaroslaw, Poland, September 1939, Hitler with Wehrmacht soldiers.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
The British battleship Royal Oak, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1939.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Berlin, Germany, 10/10/1939, The opening of the winter help activity at the Sportplatz.
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Berlin, Germany, December 1939, A press conference at the Ministry of Propaganda.
German pilots recounting an aerial battle in which 36 British bombers were shot down.
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Germany, One of the investigators of the explosion at the Beer Hall, November 1939.
At the end of a speech given by Hitler to the Nazi party elders on 08/11/1939 marking the brewery putsch, there was an explosion at the place, in which 7 people died and another 63 were wounded. Adolf Hitler, who left the place a few minutes earlier than planned, wasn't harmed.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Berlin, Germany, September 1939, Hitler receiving his military commanders.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Germany, November 1939, An anti-aircraft hot air balloon before launching.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Germany, October 1939, Ley visiting workers.
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Berlin, Germany, December 1939, Swearing in of Red Cross volunteers.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Moscow, USSR, 23/08/1939, Signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement.
Joseph Stalin (right) meeting with German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (center) in Moscow during the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact on 23/08/1939.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Berlin, Germany, October 1939, A loot canon from Poland placed in the street.
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Germany, November 1939, Todt receiving a medal of distinction.
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Warsaw, Poland, October 1939, The fortifications of the city after it's surrender.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Germany, December 1939, German soldiers receiving letters from home.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Munich, Germany, A crowd greeting Hitler after an assassination attempt.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Warsaw, Poland, General Blaskowitz accepting the people's surrender, September 1939.
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Poznan, Poland, November 1939, The Gauleiter Arthur Greiser on taking his post as the Governor of Wartheland, in a formal assembly .
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The British aircraft carrier Courageous, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1939.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Germany, December 1939, General Brauchitsch visiting the western front.
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Related Album : An Elaborate German Album Depicting the Events of 1939.
Germany, October 1939, Wounded Germans at an entertainment show.
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An elaborate German album depicting the events of 1939.
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Name of Submitter
Richard Smadja
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Richard Smadja
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Yad Vashem
Type of material
Album
Album Number
FA119/255
Subjects
Ships
Waterside
British Soldiers