Enlisted Luftwaffe soldiers and civilians at an amusement park, France, 1942

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Photograph. Enlisted Luftwaffe soldiers and civilians, including Black (of African descent) French civilian, at an amusement park or circus. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "German Soldiers Experience Marseilles. Mixed group in Marseilles. It had never occurred to many of these Luftwaffe privates and PFCs that they would meet black companions on the shores of the Mediterranean. Marseilles. 7/12/42." Marseilles, France. 7 December 1942

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12/07/1942
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
Geography: 
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis
Latitude: 
49.567
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1.967