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[Melk greets the Iron Hermann] – Historic Reproduction

[Melk greets the Iron Hermann], [1938 March 25] — historic photograph
[Melk greets the Iron Hermann], [1938 March 25]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This photograph, dated March 25, 1938, shows a crowd in Melk, a Danube town in Lower Austria known for its Benedictine abbey, with banners raised above the onlookers. It comes from a photo album kept by Hermann Göring, who was touring Austria in the weeks after German troops entered the country on March 12, 1938, and the album's caption describes a steamer trip from Linz to Tulln with economic discussions held on board. The title and caption were transcribed from old index cards and later revised, so some details are less certain than the date itself. Still, the picture offers a useful view of how the annexation was staged for the public in small river towns as well as in the capital cities.

Created / published[1938 March 25]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesIn album: Hermann Göring's activities, March-April, 1938, Photoarchiv Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, v. 26, p. 114, no. 40. In album section with caption: Oesterreich-Reise. Dampferfahrt von Linz nach Tulln, während der Fahrt Wirtschaftsbesprechungen [Austrian trip. Steamer trip from Linz to Tulln, during the trip economic discussions]. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data with subsequent revision. Hermann Göring Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCrowds--Austria--Melk--1930-1940. Banners--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,137 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116680

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