(WORLD WAR TWO) Occupation broadside issued by the United St

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(WORLD WAR TWO.) Occupation broadside issued by the United States military government in Frankfurt, 4 days after the German surrender. Broadside, 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches, in parallel English and German; partial separations at folds, other minor wear. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Gerhard Blümlein, 12 May 1945

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The United States Army. led by the 5th Infantry Division, captured the German city of Frankfurt am Main on 29 March 1945. Germany surrendered effective 8 May, and this broadside was issued in Frankfurt four days later. It announces a curfew: "No person within the Stadtkreis Frankfurt will be permitted to circulate on the streets without a permit of Military Government between the hours of 2100 and 0500. . . . Military guards are instructed to shoot any persons seen outside their houses after hours who attempt to hide or escape." None traced in OCLC or at auction.