The handshake of Polish marshal Edward Rydz-Smigly and the German military attaché of Major-General Bogislav von Studnitz on the parade of Independence Day in Warsaw on November 11, 1938.
The photo is noteworthy because the Polish parade was especially attached to the seizure of Těšín Silesia a month earlier. A column of Teshinsky Poles specially took place at the parade, and in Germany on the eve of 9 November 10, 1938, the so-called Crystal Night occurred, the first mass action of direct physical violence against Jews in the territory of the Germany.
Place of the Edward Rydz-Śmigły photo: Warsaw, Poland
Date of the photo: 11 November 1938