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Midnight swearing-in of Nazi SS troops.

Colour image shows the gathering of the annual midnight swearing-in of Nazi SS troops. Every year the Nazi troops would have to swear an oath of loyalty. The oath read - “I vow to you, Adolf Hitler, as Führer and chancellor of the German Reich, loyalty and bravery. I vow to you and to the leaders that you set for me, absolute allegiance until death. So help me God.” Feldherrnhalle, Munich 1938.
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Title:
Midnight swearing-in of Nazi SS troops.
Caption:
Colour image shows the gathering of the annual midnight swearing-in of Nazi SS troops. Every year the Nazi troops would have to swear an oath of loyalty. The oath read - “I vow to you, Adolf Hitler, as Führer and chancellor of the German Reich, loyalty and bravery. I vow to you and to the leaders that you set for me, absolute allegiance until death. So help me God.” Feldherrnhalle, Munich 1938.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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5100 x 3481 px | 50.8 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 29.5 cm | 17.0 x 11.6 in (300 dpi)