Otto Abetz, German ambassador to France, holding a press conference, Paris, 15 December 1940. Artist: Unknown

Otto Abetz, German ambassador to France, holding a press conference, Paris, 15 December 1940. Artist: Unknown

1-276-825 - Art Media/Heritage Images

Otto Abetz, German ambassador to France, holding a press conference, Paris, 15 December 1940. He is speaking on the subject of the transfer of the body of the Emperor Napoleon II from Vienna to Paris, a gift from Hitler to the Vichy regime. On the extreme left of the photograph is Fernand de Brinon, a leading French collaborator during the Nazi occupation who was tried as a war criminal by the French after the liberation and executed in 1947.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Fernand de Brinon: French: politician, Nazi collaborator
  2. Otto Abetz: German: diplomat, ambassador to Vichy France

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe France

  1. 46 00 00 N , 002 00 00 E

World Europe France Île-de-France Paris

  1. 48 52 00 N , 002 20 00 E

Category Hierarchy

People Famous People

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History & Politics War & Military Wartime

History & Politics Politics Politicians


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5009x3492
File Size : 51,245kb


Aliases

  1. C214992
  1. 0510005267
  1. 1-276-825
  1. 1276825


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