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File:Selbstschutz leaders in Bydgoszcz.jpg

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English: Commanders of so-called "Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz" - paramilitary formation composed of members of the German minority in pre-war Poland. Between September 1939 and April 1940 Selbstschutz - together with other Nazi-German formations - murdered tens of thousands of Poles in Pomerania. From the left:

SS-Standartenführer Ludolf Jacob von Alvensleben – chief of the Selbstschutz’s inspectorate in Płutowo.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Erich Spaarmann - chief of the Selbstschutz’s inspectorate in Bydgoszcz (to November 1939).
SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Kölzow – chief of the Selbstschutz’s inspectorate in Inowrocław.
SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Schnug – chief of the Selbstschutz’s inspectorate in Bydgoszcz (since December 1939).

This photo was taken in Bydgoszcz. During the second world war it was placed in so-called "Album of fame of Selbstschutz" (known also as "Alvensleben Album"). After the end of war this album was found and taken over by the Polish authorities. It is now in the archives of the Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland.
Polski: Wysocy ranga dowódcy niemieckiego Selbstschutzu - paramilitarnej formacji złożonej z przedstawicieli niemieckiej mniejszości narodowej, zamieszkującej przedwojenne terytorium Rzeczypospolitej. Między wrześniem 1939, a kwietniem 1940 Selbstschutz wraz z innymi niemieckimi formacjami zamordował na Pomorzu kilkadziesiąt tysięcy Polaków. Powyższe zdjęcie zostało wykonane w Bydgoszczy. Od lewej stoją:

SS-Standartenführer Ludolf Jacob von Alvensleben - szef II Inspektoratu Selbstschutzu z siedzibą w Płutowie.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Erich Spaarmann - do listopada 1939 szef VI Inspektoratu Selbstschutzu z siedzibą w Bydgoszczy.
SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Kölzow - szef III Inspektoratu Selbstschutzu z siedzibą w Inowrocławiu.
SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Schnug – od grudnia 1939 szef VI Inspektoratu Selbstschutzu z siedzibą w Bydgoszczy.

Zdjęcie jest elementem tzw. „Albumu chwały Selbstschutzu” (znanego także jako album Alvenslebena), odnalezionego po wojnie przez polskie władze. Zdjęcie pochodzi z archiwum Głównej Komisji Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce.
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Source Janusz Gumkowski, Rajmund Kuczma "Zbrodnie hitlerowskie – Bydgoszcz 1939", wydawnictwo Polonia, Warszawa 1967
Author Unknown. See talk page for full description of World War II source whose author is not possible to identify.
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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.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:

  1. it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
  2. it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
  3. it was in the public domain in its home country (Poland) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
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