A  Maypole topped with a swastika is raised for a May Day parade in the Lustgarten in Berlin. [LCID: 83796]
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Maypole topped with a swastika

A Maypole topped with a swastika is raised for a May Day parade in the Lustgarten in Berlin. The May holiday became an important celebration in the Nazi calendar. Germany, April 26, 1939.


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