National Content: Germany

Danzig - Gdansk
"Back to Germany"

Details
SourceGerman Newspaper
"Nachrichtenblatt für die Danziger im Reich"
"Newspaper for the people from Danzig in the German Reich"
Event referred toGerman proclamation
The document says that Danzig is back to Germany and insinuates that Danzig was a German city in the past.
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Description of the sourceThe text is the frontpage of a new German newspaper for the people of Danzig.
Contextualisation of the sourceThe article was written in the first days after the German invasion in Poland. Danzig - Gdansk was considered as a German city and the "Führer" freed the city.
Interpretation of the sourceThe newspaper article is a typical example of the Nazi-propaganda to justify the invasion in Poland.
Original ContentsCan be read from the picture.
Original Contents (English Translation)The content is a proclamation saying that the the moment people have been waiting for since 20 years has come. The "Führer" freed the people of Danzig and leads them back to the German "Reich". The people should be grateful and thank God that he gave the possibility and the power to the "Führer" and to be now citizens of the "fantastic Great German Reich".