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Taking Oath

Keystone1944-01-01

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1944: Hitler has called to arms all able-bodied men between 16 and 60, under the command of Himmler, to form the German Home Guard or Volkssturm. Men swear allegiance to their country during the swearing-in ceremony in Berlin. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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  • Title: Taking Oath
  • Creator: Keystone
  • Date Created: 1944-01-01
  • Date Published: 2004-04-17
  • Provenance: Hulton Archive
  • Subject Keywords: Command, Celebration Event, Weapon, Lifestyles, Horizontal, Black And White, War, Human Arm, Crowd, Germany, Form, German Culture, Gun, Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Large Group of Objects, Men, Home Front, World War II, Home Guard, 1940-1949
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