Salvador Allende, President of Chile
The 29th President of Chile, Salvador Allende (Salvador Isabelino del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Allende Gossens, 1908-1973). Seen here accompanied by armed guards in the Presidential (Moneda) Palace, Chile. Allende was deposed by General Augusto Pinochet in a military coup on 11 September 1973, and committed suicide the same day. Above the photograph is a reference to a German documentary film, Im Feuer Bestanden, made by Walter Heynowski and Gerhard Scheumann in 1978, depicting the final hours in the Moneda Palace
Picture No
10471972
Media ID
47537817
Size
5791px x 4697px
(1.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Marx Memorial Library
Source
Marx Memorial Library
Date
11 September 1973
