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Preferred Citation:

Young Family Photograph Album of Germany, 1935-1936, Special Collections Research Center, Wiliam & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Read 'Em Again Books with funds from the Maurine and William Dulin fund, 2018.

Scope and Contents

Small-size tourist photo album with 50 b&w photographs, depicting various locations the Young family visited on their travels through Germany and France. Includes images of the Rhine, as well as Strasbourg, Cologne, and Leipzig, where the Youngs visited relatives. Nine images are of Hitler's re-militarization of Cologne in early March. One image depicts a large Nazi flag hung from an upper floor window in support of the regime.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cologne (Germany) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
• Germany--Description and travel--20th Century
• Germany. Reichswehr
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
• Photographic prints
• Read 'Em Again Books
• Rhine River
• Strasbourg (France)--History