File:Danzig Police at Polish Border (1939-09-01).jpg

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Description	Deutsch: Achtung, das Foto zeigt nicht die reale Situation vom 1. September 1939. Es handelt sich um eine Inszenierung des 14. September 1939 zu Zwecken der deutschen Propaganda ([1], [2]). Danziger "Landespolizisten" und Grenzbeamte stellen den Abriss des polnischen Schlagbaums an der Grenze zur Freien Stadt Danzig nach. Bei Sopot, am 1. September 1939 English: Attention, the photo does not show the real situation of September 1, 1939. It is a staging of September 14, 1939 for the purposes of German propaganda ([3], [4]). Free City of Danzig police and custom officials reenact the removal of the Polish border crossing in Sopot on September 1, 1939 Polski: Uwaga, zdjęcie nie przedstawia autentycznej sytuacji z 1 września 1939. Jest to inscenizacja z 14 września 1939 na potrzeby propagandy niemieckiej ([5], [6]). Niemcy na przejściu granicznym w Gdyni Orłowie, dnia 1 IX 1939 r. Română: Atenție, fotografia nu arată situația reală de la 1 septembrie 1939. Este o punere în scenă a zilei de 14 septembrie 1939 în scopuri de propagandă germană ([7], [8]). Soldaţi germani distrugând punctul polonez de trecere a frontierei de la Sopot, în septembrie 1939. Invadarea Poloniei a marcat declanşarea luptelor celui de-al doilea război mondial în Europa. Această imagine nu înfăţişează momentul real al trecerii în forţă a graniţei germano-poloneze, fiind o repunere în scenă a propagandei germane, câteva zile mai târziu.
Date	1 September 1939
Source	https://alexanderandsonsrestorations.com/helmet-grinning-skull-short-history-danzig-police-helmet/ Jerzy Piorkowski (1957) Miasto Nieujarzmione, Warsaw: Iskry, pp. 8 no ISBN Główny Zarząd Polityczny WP (1960) Z Dziejów Wojny Wyzwoleńczej Narodu Polskiego 1939-1945, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, pp. 129 no ISBN http://dziedzictwo.polska.pl/katalog/skarb,Fotografia_przejscia_granicznego_w_Sopocie_w_dniu_1_IX_1939_roku,gid,116321,cid,1191.htm http://www.ww2.pl/apps/?command=fotografie/szczegoly&id=1&did=9 http://www.trojmiasto.pl/wiadomosci/Celnicy-gdanscy-zolnierze-polscy-i-herr-Sonnke-n33283.html
Author	Hans Sönnke
Other versions	Bundesarchiv Bild

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This photograph is in the public domain because according to the Art. 3 of copyright law of March 29, 1926 of the Republic of Poland and Art. 2 of copyright law of July 10, 1952 of the People's Republic of Poland, all photographs by Polish photographers (or published for the first time in Poland or simultaneously in Poland and abroad) published without a clear copyright notice before the law was changed on May 23, 1994 are assumed to be in the public domain in Poland.

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