Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Nazi German foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop greets Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary, upon his arrival in Salzburg during World War 2. German officials greet Horthy with a Nazi salute. Next, the conferees are seen within the Schloss Klessheim (Klessheim Palace, Kleßheim 1a, 5071 Wals, Austria) where they would, ostensibly, negotiate the German occupation of Hungary (Operation Margarethe). Discussions commence after dignitaries enter the conference hall. General Döme Sztójay, Hungarian ambassador to Germany is present at the conference.
German troops enter Budapest ( reportedly after Hitler learned of secret Hungarian overtures towards the Allies) in World War 2. Locals watch and cheer the German troops. As German troops enter Budapest, they employ a number of different military vehicles. Among those seen are: Sdkfz.251/7 armored half-tracks; Ausf.D pioneer vehicle; Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers,and other military vehicles. Soldiers shake hands with civilians and school boys. Kids climb on military tanks and a BMW military motorcycle. Wehrmacht troops look over river with binoculars in the Buda Castle.
Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy, in uniform of an admiral, detrains and is greeted by Nazi German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, and other German officers in World War 2. All of them walk into a room of the Schloss Klessheim, outside of Salzburg, Austria, to discuss the occupation of Hungary. View of Hungarian Ambassador Döme Sztojay. Group of Officers look at a document. Other dignitaries can be seen in the palace rooms.
German troops enter Budapest city as civilians watch. Armored half-tracks, Sdkfz.251/7 Ausf.D pioneer vehicle, rarely seen Puma 234/2 8-wheeled armored cars, StuG III tank destroyers, trucks and other military vehicles move ahead on streets of Budapest. Children smile and shake hands with German troops. Children climb on German tank destroyer and motorcycle. Troops look over Danube river through binoculars. (World War II period).
Period reenactment. A Nazi German Brown Shirt paints the word 'JUDE' (Jew) and a Star of David on window glass of a closed shop. A comrade stands by holding a Nazi flag. Brown Shirt holds sign reading: Germans! defend yourselves! Don't buy from Jews! to encourage boycott of Jewish businesses shortly before World War 2. Nazi Brown Shirts do the same with several other shops. Views inside and outside the shops as "Jew" notices are painted on shop windows.
United States soldiers lined up near the stairway of a parish church in town. View of surroundings. United States troops salute. Major General Lawton Collins, Commander General of VII Army Corps presents Bronze and Silver star awards to the U.S. troops. General Lawton pins Silver Star on medic's field jacket. (World War II period).
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