Launch of the Wilhelm Gustloff, 1937
During the launch of the first KdF ship, which was named after the Swiss Landesgruppenleiter (national group leader), Wilhelm Gustloff, Nazi celebrities are greeted with the Hitler salute on a christening platform at the Blohm and Voss in the Port of Hamburg. From left to right: Robert Ley, Hedwig Gustloff (widow of Wilhelm Gustloff ), Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler. The swastika flag and the flag of the German Labour Front are blowing
Picture No
13316272
Media ID
48337432
Size
4962px x 3663px
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Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - Scherl
Date
1937
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