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The conclusion of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was a thorough rebuff of England's policy of encirclement. At the signing of the pact in the Kremlin. Mr. Stalin (right), Foreign Minister Ribbentrop (middle) and Legation Counsellor Hencke (left).

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The conclusion of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was a thorough rebuff of England's policy of encirclement. At the signing of the pact in the Kremlin. Mr. Stalin (right), Foreign Minister Ribbentrop (middle) and Legation Counsellor Hencke (left).
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942

1939

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1939
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1939
Topics
Nazi propaganda
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
Germany. Treaties, etc. Soviet Union, 1939 Aug. 23
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 1893-1946
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Durch den Abschluß des Nichtangriffspaktes zwischen Deutschland und Sowjetrußland wurde den Einkreisungsmethoden Englands eine gründliche Abfuhr erteilt. Bei der Unterzeichnung des Paktes im Kreml. Herr Stalin (rechts), Reichsaußenminister von Ribbentrop (Mitte) und der Vortragende Legationsrat Hencke (links)."
Content: British diplomats had been negotiating for an alliance in Russia at the same time as the Germans. Given the enmity between communism and fascism, the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty shocked the world, including most Germans.
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ee45180-c601-012f-b28d-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1939: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The conclusion of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was a thorough rebuff of England's policy of encirclement. At the signing of the pact in the Kremlin. Mr. Stalin (right), Foreign Minister Ribbentrop (middle) and Legation Counsellor Hencke (left)." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1939. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc99-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The conclusion of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was a thorough rebuff of England's policy of encirclement. At the signing of the pact in the Kremlin. Mr. Stalin (right), Foreign Minister Ribbentrop (middle) and Legation Counsellor Hencke (left)." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc99-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1939). The conclusion of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was a thorough rebuff of England's policy of encirclement. At the signing of the pact in the Kremlin. Mr. Stalin (right), Foreign Minister Ribbentrop (middle) and Legation Counsellor Hencke (left). Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0764cf4-fc99-0cb7-e040-e00a18067af7

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The conclusion of the non-aggression pact between Germany and Soviet Russia was a thorough rebuff of England's policy of encirclement.  At the signing of the pact in the Kremlin.  Mr. Stalin (right), Foreign Minister Ribbentrop (middle) and Legation Counsellor Hencke (left).