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German Foreign Policy, 1933–1945 — Photograph

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Invading German soldiers raise the Nazi flag in front of the city hall. Gdynia, Poland, September 1939.

Invading German soldiers raise the Nazi flag in front of the city hall. Gdynia, Poland, September 1939.

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