File:Konigsberg H80979.jpg
Original description:
Vertical aerial photograph, probably taken while the ship was under attack by British aircraft at Bergen, Norway, on 9 April 1940.
Note the prominent swastika identification markings on her deck, fore and aft.
Remark: according to Siegfried Breyer, Die K-Kreuzer (II), Marine-Arsenal Band 13, 1990, this is Karlsruhe hit by torpedo.
Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 80979
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Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553). |
