France occupation photograph collection
Extent and Medium
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Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joyce and Jeffrey A. Rabin
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Joyce and Jeffrey Rabin.
Scope and Content
Two vintage copy prints depicting the French surrender to Germany. The first photograph is of the French and German delegations inside the “Armistice Car.” The second photograph depicts Hitler and his generals standing in front of the memorial slab for the 1918 Armistice with Germany; Glade of the Armistice, Compiègne, France; dated June 21, 1940.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
People
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Subjects
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Compiègne (France)
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.
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