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  4. Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath Justifies Germany’s Withdrawal from the League of Nations in Front of the International Press (October 16, 1933)

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  7. The Reichswehr Swears an Oath of Allegiance to Adolf Hitler on the Day of Hindenburg’s Death (August 2, 1934)

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  59. Caricature: Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin – The Friendship is Over (1941)

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  86. A Russian Village in Flames (January 10, 1944)

  87. Adolf Hitler with Alfred Jodl and Hermann Fegelein at a Briefing (1944)

  88. Members of the People’s Army [Volkssturm] with Weapons and a Battering Ram during an Exercise in Sanssouci in Potsdam (Fall 1944)

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  94. Hitler Welcomes Admiral Karl Dönitz to His Bunker (1945)

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