Pagan customs revived for Nazi weddings : Nazi bigwig Hermann Goering, with his bride

After his April 10, 1935, wedding ceremony Nazi political leader and commander of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Hermann Goering and his bride, actress Emmy Sonnemann, stand at the top of the steps to the Berlin Protestant Cathedral (Berliner Dom. The groom wears a Luftwaffe general’s full dress uniform with a wide sash and an aiguillette over his right shoulder. The bride wears a billowy wedding dress with puffed sleeves. She carries a bouquet of pink and yellow roses. Her train is carried by two uniformed Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend) boys. To Goering’s left stands an unidentified cleric and Reich Bishop Ludwig Mueller who presided over the ceremony. Behind the clerics are uniformed people and a line of swastika flags. Behind the couple, civilian and uniformed guests stand near the entrance. Most, including the bride, give the Nazi salute. Goering presents a standard military salute.

Publication date: 1938-05-01

Size: 7.1 x 17.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Berlin (Germany)

Subject(s):

• Brides--1930-1940
• Germany. Luftwaffe--People--1930-1940
• Grooms (Weddings)--1930-1940
• Roses--1930-1940
• Wedding clothing & dress--1930-1940
• Weddings--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Bouquets--1930-1940
• Göring, Emmy, 1893-1973--Marriage
• Berliner Dom--1930-1940
• Generals--German--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Military uniforms--German--1930-1940
• Actresses--German--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Hitler-Jugend--1930-1940
• Clergy--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Bishops--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Deutsche Evangelische Kirche--People--1930-1940
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--People--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Swastikas--1930-1940
• Nazis--Germany--Berlin--1930-1940
• Saluting--Germany--Berlin--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