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[Hitler and Dr. Todt at opening of autobahn between Munich & Vienna, Salzburg. Apr. 7, 1938] – Historic Print

[Hitler and Dr. Todt at opening of autobahn between Munich & Vienna, Salzburg. Apr. 7, 1938], 1938 Apr. 7. — historic photograph
[Hitler and Dr. Todt at opening of autobahn between Munich & Vienna, Salzburg. Apr. 7, 1938], 1938 Apr. 7.. Historic photograph from the Automobiles collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Hitler and Dr. Todt at opening of autobahn between Munich & Vienna, Salzburg. Apr. 7, 1938]

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Adolf Hitler and Fritz Todt, the engineer who directed Germany's road-building program, appear together at the opening of an autobahn section between Munich and Vienna near Salzburg. The record dates the ceremony to April 7, 1938, only weeks after Austria was joined to the German Reich in March, which gave the route added political weight as a link between the two cities. The Nazi government promoted the autobahn network heavily as a symbol of modern engineering and national renewal, and this photograph, kept in a propaganda album, was part of that effort to present the road as a public achievement.

Created / published1938 Apr. 7.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesIn album: Im Kampf um das Dritte Reich, v. 10, p. 116. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Geogr.; Roads; Nazis.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,409 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152121

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