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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 342891, member: 84"]I found this old photo album in a abandon house a friend bought to flip - he lets me go through & make a pile of what I want & then we agree on a price. I picked this because inside 1st page was a group photo of owner's graduating class of yeomen - with every name written on the back!</p><p>The other photos also have short notes describing what the photo is.</p><p>4-5 pages in I found this photo of who I first thought was Hitler standing over his inner circle going over plans until I read the back & it said it was Germany signing surrender terms in France and dated 8 May 1945! But when I showed my dad he told me it couldn't be Hitler because he committed suicide a few days earlier.</p><p>So...</p><p>Who is the German officer that looks like a thin Hitler?</p><p>Is this the signing of the German surrender?</p><p>And most importantly - Is It Real?! I've looked online at 'Germany's surrender' but didnt see this (unless I just didn't recognize it in my excitement). A friend of my dad who was with him when I showed him this said it looked real to him & that there had to be a bunch of people photographing & documenting the event and maybe a photo did get out?</p><p>I would greatly appreciate any help with this.</p><p>Thank you!</p><p>PS - I am showing the admiral in 1st photos so you can see how he documented all his photos - throughout the album!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]115642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115643[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115644[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115645[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115646[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 342891, member: 84"]I found this old photo album in a abandon house a friend bought to flip - he lets me go through & make a pile of what I want & then we agree on a price. I picked this because inside 1st page was a group photo of owner's graduating class of yeomen - with every name written on the back! The other photos also have short notes describing what the photo is. 4-5 pages in I found this photo of who I first thought was Hitler standing over his inner circle going over plans until I read the back & it said it was Germany signing surrender terms in France and dated 8 May 1945! But when I showed my dad he told me it couldn't be Hitler because he committed suicide a few days earlier. So... Who is the German officer that looks like a thin Hitler? Is this the signing of the German surrender? And most importantly - Is It Real?! I've looked online at 'Germany's surrender' but didnt see this (unless I just didn't recognize it in my excitement). A friend of my dad who was with him when I showed him this said it looked real to him & that there had to be a bunch of people photographing & documenting the event and maybe a photo did get out? I would greatly appreciate any help with this. Thank you! PS - I am showing the admiral in 1st photos so you can see how he documented all his photos - throughout the album! [ATTACH=full]115642[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115643[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115644[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115645[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]115646[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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