Fuehrer receives birthday greetings from German peasants

Adolf Hitler shakes hands with a young German woman offering birthday greetings. Hitler wears a brown Nazi party uniform and swastika armband. The woman sports pigtails and is in traditional dress. The two are surrounded by civilians and men in Nazi party uniforms.

Publication date: 1939-05-21

Size: 8 x 15.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Germany

Subject(s):

• Birthdays--Germany--1930-1940
• Heads of state--Germany--1930-1940
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Commemoration--Germany
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--People--1930-1940
• Nazis--Germany--1930-1940
• Political pageantry--Germany--1930-1940
• Popularity--1930-1940
• Uniforms--1930-1940
• Women--Clothing & dress--Germany--1930-1940
• Dictators--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 21, 1939), p. 3

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)