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German soldiers raising the German war flag over the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, May 1941

Caption     German soldiers raising the German war flag over the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, May 1941 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 101I-164-0389-23A
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Photo Size 581 x 796 pixels
Photos at Same Place Athens, Greece
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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1. Germán says:
30 Apr 2016 11:47:02 AM

A symbol of tyranny being raised in front of a symbol of reason. How sad an image...

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WW2-Era Place Name Athens, Greece
Lat/Long 37.9714, 23.7262
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