Sujet
Memel Territory annexed by the German Reich in 1939
Légende
The police in Memel hands over their batons at Reichsführer of the SS Heinrich Himmler's command on the 24th of March in 1939. Memel Territory, which formerly belonged to East Prussia, had been occupied by French troops after World War I according to the Treaty of Versailles. Lithuania annexed the territory in 1923, from 1926 on the state of emergency came into operation. On the 23rd of march in 1939, troops of the German Reich invaded the Memel Territory, Adolf Hitler established a law about the reunification with the German Reich on board of the ironclad "Deutschland". The Memel Territory was integrated into Prussia.
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Date
24 mars 1939
Crédit
Photo12/dpa-pa
Notre référence
DPA13A05_306
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
28,2Mo (1,5Mo) / 30,5cm x 23,2cm / 3600 x 2737 (300dpi)