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Taken on 14 September 1939

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Danzig Police at Polish Border

Danzig Police at Polish Border — Unknown

Attention, the photo does not show the real situation of September 1, 1939. It is a staging of September 14, 1939 for the purposes of German propaganda ([3], [4], [5]). Free City of Danzig police and custom officials reenact the removal of the Polish border crossing in Sopot on September 1, 1939

Photograph by Hans Sönnke

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