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Eger, beim Einrücken deutscher Truppen
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Nazi-Gruß in Cheb (Eger)
Mit erhobenem Arm, dem Hitler-Gruß, stand diese Frau an der Straße, als die Truppen des faschistischen Deutschlands nach dem Münchner Abkommen (29./30.9.38) in diese Stadt einrückten. Dieser Gruß war nicht überzeugend, er war erzwungen. Diese Frau drückt es in ihren Tränen aus.- Tränen der Not, der Entbehrung und menschliches Leid. Was hat sie durch die Faschisten erleben müssen, was steht ihr nach diesem Tag noch bevor?
[Besetzung des Sudetenlandes, Oktober 1938]
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English: This iconic picture of the Anschluss of the Sudetenland has been captioned and interpreted differently, depending on who published it. The Nazis, who first published it in autumn 1938 shortly after the Anschluss in their newspaper Völkischer Beobachter, claimed the woman cried tears of joy. See for instance this history of the Sudetenland, which seems to use such a caption:
A Sudeten woman, overcome with emotion, pays homage as the Wehrmacht enters the Sudeten border town of Cheb.
Also see the letter Lieutenant Earle A. Cleveland wrote to the Time Magazine (printed November 12, 1945). He wrote:
The Nazi explanation was that here were portrayed the intense emotions of joy which swept the Sudeten Germans as Hitler crossed the Czech border at Asch and drove through the streets of the nearby ancient city of Eger, 99% of whose inhabitants were ardently pro-Nazi Sudeten Germans at the time...
to which the Time editors commented
...sauce for the Nazi goose is sometimes sauce for Allied propaganda.
The tragedy of this Sudeten woman, unable to conceal her misery as she dutifully salutes the triumphant Hitler, is the tragedy of the silent millions who have been 'won over' to Hitlerism by the 'everlasting use' of ruthless force.
which is similar in spirit to the ADN/Zentralbild (a GDR news agency) German caption preserved by the German Federal Archive. Translation:
With her arm raised to the Hitler salute, this woman stood at the roadside when the troops of fascist Germany entered this town [Cheb] after the Munich Agreement (Sep. 29/30, 1938). The salute was not convincing; it was forced. She expresses it in her tears. Tears of misery, of deprivation, of human suffering. What has she gone through because of the fascists; what will she experience after this day?
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== Summary == {{Information |Description={{BArch-description|1='''Eger, beim Einrücken deutscher Truppen''' ADN-ZB-Archiv Nazi-Gruß in Cheb (Eger) Mit erhobenem Arm, dem Hitler-Gruß, stand diese Frau an der Straße, als die Truppen des faschistischen