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Hitler Welcomes Home Former Nazi Officials in U.S.
Berlin
- Date
- 1942, Juni 28
- Location
- Berlin
- Country
- Germany
- Material
- silver gelatin print on glossy paper
- Size
- 19,1 (20,7) x 23,9 (27,3) cm
- Artist
- AP Wirephoto
Description
recto typeset in margin: (NY18-June 28) Hitler welcomes home former Nazi officials in U.S.-- Adolf Hitler shakes hands with Hans Thomsen as the former German charge d'affairs in Washington and Gen. Friedrich von Boetticher (second from left), former military attache in the U.S. capital, return to Berlin. Both were decorated with the Knights Cross to the War Merit Medal. Man at the left is unidentified. This picture reached the U.S. via London (AP Wirephoto) verso handwritten in red pencil: “Gen. Friedrich von Boetticher, Hans Thomsen, Adolf Hitler” stamp: “The Cleveland News, Reference Department Cleveland, Ohio”; JUL 9 1942; “ASSOCIATED PRESS Wirephoto”