Pagan customs revived for Nazi weddings : pagan fires burn in Germany

A bonfire composed of elaborately stacked logs burns in Germany after Nazi girls go through new marriage rites.

Publication date: 1938-05-01

Size: 14 x 11.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Bonfires--Germany--1930-1940
• Rites & ceremonies--Germany--1930-1940
• Weddings--Germany--1930-1940
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--Rites & ceremonies--Germany--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 1, 1938), p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg