World events, domestic and foreign policy of Germany (1929-1942)

A street in Geneva.

Participants in the Tenth Assembly of the League of Nations before its work begins in September 1929. Briand speaks with the participants.

Briand delivers a speech.

The participants applaud.

View of the meeting hall.

Briand's speech.

Briand leaves the hall after his speech to applause.

A meeting of the League of Nations.

German Foreign Minister Stresemann delivers a speech.

Stresemann takes his papers and leaves the podium, taking his seat.

Employees of the Geneva Palace remove national flags after the end of the Tenth Assembly of the League of Nations.

Stresemann's coffin is carried out of the building in October 1929. Views of the funeral procession in Berlin.

People behind a police cordon.

Hindenburg and his entourage follow Stresemann's coffin.

Views of the funeral procession moving through the streets of Berlin.

Berlin police officers march on horseback and on foot in a procession.

Stresemann's coffin is carried on a hearse (top); the hearse stops; a panorama of a window of a house with a mourning banner hanging.

A mass rally in New York during the 1929 crisis.

Unemployed people at the entrance to the labor exchange.

A notice on a factory fence reads, "People not wanted." A workers' rally in New York (top).

Police disperse the rally.

Mounted police push back and divide the rally and demonstration participants into groups.

Police detain demonstration participants.

Berlin residents stand in line at the labor exchange.

Workers gather in groups at the entrances to buildings and at the gates of enterprises.

A panorama of a Berlin street; people read newspapers.

The unemployed sit on benches.

Demonstrations of German communists and members of the Union of Red Front Soldiers in the late 1920s.

A column of women passes.

Participants in the demonstration carry red banners.

Naval sailors with an orchestra marching at the demonstration.

Panorama of the rally.

Himmler meeting one of the fascist leaders of a country allied with Germany in 1941-1942. Himmler and his guest inspect the honor guard.

View of the rally in the hall (top).

Himmler speaks from the podium to members of the SS. Himmler reviews the parade.

A train arrives at the station.

Hitler gets out of the car.

Hitler greets Field Marshal Keitel and the generals upon arrival at the airfield.

Hitler climbs the steps of a plane before flying to Finland in June 1942. Military personnel see Hitler off at the airfield and greet him.

The pilot at the controls of Hitler's plane.

Hitler clarifies the flight route with the navigator.

View of the Finnish coast (top).

Hitler looks out the window.

View of one of the Finnish lakes (top).

Hitler and Keitel on board an airplane.

German and Finnish officers on board an airplane.

A German officer holds a book with Mannerheim's portrait.

The Finnish Army honor guard at the airfield.

Hitler descends the steps of the airplane, Finnish President Ryti greets Hitler.

Representatives of the German and Finnish command greet Hitler upon his arrival.

Hitler, Ryti, and their entourage walk along the honor guard.

Hitler and Ryti walk to the car.

Hitler greets German and Finnish soldiers behind the front lines.

Hitler and his entourage walk along the train carriages.

Mannerheim, accompanied by Finnish soldiers, walks towards Hitler.

Hitler and Mannerheim greet each other, Ryti stands nearby.

Mannerheim greets Keitel on June 4, 1942. Hitler, Mannerheim, and their entourage walk along the path alongside the train, chatting as they go.

Hitler, Ryti, Mannerheim, Keitel, and their entourage board a passenger carriage.

Cover of a congratulatory address.

Hitler holds a meeting with German and Finnish military personnel in the carriage.

Train service personnel at the entrance to the carriage.

Ryti, Keitel, Hitler, and Mannerheim at the airport.

Hitler shakes Mannerheim's hand in farewell.

Hitler raises his hand in the Nazi salute at the plane.

The plane door closes.

Hitler in the cabin before takeoff.

The Finnish national flag flutters.