Meeting in Berlin with Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano (07.07.1940)

Flags of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy decorate the train station in Berlin.

A train arrives at the station.

Italian military and diplomats await the arrival of Count Ciano.

Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano exits the train.

Ciano greets Italian and German military and diplomats.

Swastika flags hang in a row.

Ciano, German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop, and their entourage walk along the platform.

The Italian standard.

Ciano inspects the honor guard of Blackshirts stationed in Germany.

Ciano walks along a line of members of the League of German Girls greeting him.

Berliners greet Ciano.

Ciano, von Ribbentrop, and their entourage walk past a military band.

SS soldiers with a standard.

A company of the SS honor guard in formation.

Ciano and von Ribbentrop inspect the honor guard company.

Ciano greets those who greet him with a raised hand.

Berliners greet Ciano from their windows as the motorcade passes along a Berlin street.

The motorcade passes through the streets of Berlin.

Berliners and stormtroopers greet Ciano standing on the sidewalks on both sides of the street.

Count Ciano and von Ribbentrop, seated in the back of the car, return the greetings of Berliners.

The motorcade passes through the streets of Berlin; city residents greet the Italian guest.

The motorcade exits onto Unter den Linden.

Berliners greet Ciano; Ciano returns the greetings.

The motorcade moves along Unter den Linden.

Views of Unter den Linden during Count Ciano's motorcade.

The honor guard on Unter den Linden.

Ciano and his entourage enter the Neue Wache war memorial building to lay a wreath.

The honor guard company stands in formation.

View of the Unter den Linden unit in front of the memorial building's entrance (from above).

Ciano and his entourage enter the memorial building, a panoramic view upwards of the bas-relief on the memorial's pediment.

The memorial's interior, soldiers at guard at the memorial cross, Count Ciano laying a wreath at the memorial.

Ciano and his entourage during the moment of silence.

The cross on the memorial wall.

The honor guard company with the banner on Unter den Linden.