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12-06-2011 12:41 PM
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
A little surprised that no one is interested in this?
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
I just saw it now that you've bumped it. Very nice photo and story. I wonder if there are any other town that 'forgot'?
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
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ObKrieger
I wonder if there are any other town that 'forgot'?
If I imagine that Hitler was probably an honorary citizen of almost every town and village, then I wouldn't be surprised if there's still some places that "forgot".
Ben, me being a fan of early NSDAP uniforms definately like your photo a lot. Funny to see the that one guy's dotted tie in the closeup! Very nice photo and interesting story about Brühl. Thanks for sharing both, Ben! Later today I shall post an NSDAP group photo I got recently. It's dated as early as yours.
Cheers, MB.
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
Great photo and history Ben, amazing, thanks for showing. I didn't know that Hindenburg was born in Posen. That nice dotted tie caught my eye too MB, strange.
Jay
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
Hitler was an Honor Citizen of ca. 4,000 German/Austrian cities, towns and municipalities.
Many of them officially revoked his honoray citizenship after the war. (Some very quickly, some years or even decades later.)
Others didn't find it necessary on the basis of the legal argument that honorary citizenship automatically ends with death anyway.
Still others didn't do it because of an Allied Control Commission directive that rendered void all honorary citizenships held by persons found guilty of war crimes. (Although technically, this didn't really apply as Hitler was of course never sentenced for war crimes.)
It is surely safe to assume that yet others decided to conveniently "forget" that Hitler had ever held honorary citizenship.
I remember that Himmler and Hitler were still listed as Honorary Citizens in my hometown's address book well into the Eighties or Nineties, when they were deleted due to public objection.
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
Thanks for the info HP, that's the kind of stuff you can't just find anywhere. I think you matched the tie Zwerge.
Jay
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Re: Rare period photo from 1933 - Honorary citizenship of Hitler and Hindenburg
Sorry Ben it may have got more initial interest in the photo section from the guys there , very interesting photo and info from you and Andreas !!
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Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
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