| Original caption: “Adolf Hitler (right) speaks with Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (left). Others are unidentified.” Soldiers of the Heer march past the podium of honor on Aleje Ujazdowskie near Pałacyk Śleszyńskich oraz Józefa Foxa (“The Śleszyński and Józef Fox Palace”), where Führer und Reichskanzler (“Leader and Reich Chancellor”) Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945), General der Artillerie Walther von Brauchitsch (October 1881 – 18 October 18, 1948) and other high-ranking Wehrmacht officers were during the Siegesparade (Victory parade) of the German troops of the 8th Army held in Warsaw, Poland, on October 5, 1939. General Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski (January 5, 1893 – May 22, 1964) and other members of the Polish Army, just formed on September 27, 1939, into Służba Zwycięstwu Polski; (SZP – “Service for Poland’s Victory”), the 1st resistance movement in Poland, attempted to detonate hidden explosives during Hitler’s victory parade in Warsaw. 500 kilograms of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) were concealed in a ditch, ready to be detonated by Polish sappers. However, at the last moment, the parade was diverted, and the saboteurs missed their target. The same day as the Siegesparade, a military court-martial of the Nazi German Heer 60th Infantry Division executed the defenders of the Danzig Post Office as unlawful combatants. 38 were eventually murdered. The Nazis, enraged by the stubborn defense, also persecuted their families. Brauchitsch denied clemency to the victims. He died before his war crimes trial for these and other actions. | |
| Image Filename | wwii2415.jpg |
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| Image Dimensions | 778 x 1000 |
| Photographer | Mensing |
| Photographer Title | Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | October 5, 1939 |
| Location | Pałacyk Śleszyńskich oraz Józefa Foxa |
| City | Warsaw |
| State or Province | Warsaw |
| Country | Poland |
| Archive | National Archives and Records Administration |
| Record Number | 63-547 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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