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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: “Chamberlain Signs Away Peace: The Fateful Moment of Munich, 1938 “Chamberlain Signs Away Peace: The Fateful Moment of Munich" 1938. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)

“Chamberlain Signs Away Peace: The Fateful Moment of Munich, 1938

Original Vintage Photograph
5 x 7 1/4 in
12.7 x 18.3 cm
PH12910-1
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In this defining moment, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain leans over the table, pen in hand, sealing the fate of Czechoslovakia with a stroke of ink. The Munich Agreement—hailed as...
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In this defining moment, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain leans over the table, pen in hand, sealing the fate of Czechoslovakia with a stroke of ink. The Munich Agreement—hailed as a victory for diplomacy—became a symbol of appeasement, granting Hitler the Sudetenland and emboldening his unchecked aggression.

his photograph captures the weight of history in real-time: Chamberlain, determined to secure “peace for our time,” unknowingly paves the road to war. Within months, Hitler’s ambitions shattered the illusion of peace, and the world stood on the brink of World War II.

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