Title

Peace!, front page of Paris-soir newspaper, 1 October 1938. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Peace!, front page of Paris-soir newspaper, 1 October 1938. The headline story reports the conclusion of the peace agreement at Munich between Britain, France and Germany that would provide peace in our time in the words of Neville Chamberlain. Less than a year later, Europe was at war. The photographs show French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier signing the accord watched by Hitler and Hermann Göring, Daladier and Hitler in conversation and Chamberlain talking to Benito Mussoloni.

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B96_051

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,2in x 16,0in / 3646 x 4795 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany Italy Unknown Hitler Adolf Benito Il Duce Hermann Neville Chamberlain Edouard Goring Goering Daladier Benito Mussolini Hermann Goring Hermann Goering Goering Italian people male man men German politics country French France Munich guy watching media talking British peace war prime minister location century agreement Britain newspaper conversation optimism chatting signing leader thirties concept conversing B&W headline MONOCHROME metaphor politician journalism Treaty appeasement World War II World War two WWII Nazi black & white black and white B W 1930s world war 2 20th century dictator Fascism Fascist Nazis Nazism statesman Art Media front page front page news peace conference Second World War TGN WW2 Edouard Neville Chamberlain Daladier Adolf Hitler Mussolini false hope Paris-soir peace treaty Hermann Goering photograph 2nd World War photograph