Germany Under Allied Occupation 1945 BU9663

Germany Under Allied Occupation 1945
Major H P G L O'Connor of the Allied Military Government's Public Safety Department, inspects a line of new policemen in Hanover. With Major O'Connor is Irwin Barth, Police-President of Hanover from April 1945. Barth had held this position from 1928 until 1933, when he was dismissed by Hitler. The reason for Barth's dismissal was his links with socialists, having edited several socialist newspapers between 1906-1926 and being a member of the Verein Arbeitspresse (union of socialist and trade union editors and publishers).