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Wilhelm Keitel at the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940

Caption     Wilhelm Keitel at the French surrender, Compiègne, France, 22 Jun 1940 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 183-1982-0809-503
More on...   
Invasion of France and the Low Countries   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Wilhelm Keitel   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 563 x 800 pixels
Photos on Same Day 22 Jun 1940
Photos at Same Place Compiègne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

See Bild 183-1982-0809-503 on Wikimedia Commons

According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met:
- quote the "Federal Archives" as source,
- add the signature of the pictures and
- of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer.
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You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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WW2-Era Place Name Compiègne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie, France
Lat/Long 49.4274, 2.9064
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