Astonishing Images From Nazi Funeral in London Revealed

LONDON -

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An astonishing image and footage from a Nazi state funeral, held within view of Buckingham Palace, have been revealed.

The extraordinary scenes captured in 1936, following the death of the German Ambassador Leopold Von Hoesch, show people clearly giving the Nazi salute on the balcony of the Germany Embassy on Carlton House Terrace, overlooking The Mall.

The image and footage will be publicly revealed in the forthcoming Discovery Channel programme: ‘Wartime London with Harry Harris’.

Harry, a London cab driver and historian who has driven a taxi for two decades, has absorbed everything about the capital and its history. In the programme, Harry uses his knowledge to explore London to find out just how close Britain came to falling into Hitler’s hands, and uncovers some astonishing secrets from our wartime history, including how the Nazis infiltrated Britain during the Second World War, as well as how many British people were in fact Fascist sympathisers.

The Carlton House Terrace building currently occupied by the Royal Society, the National Academy of Science, was the former home of the German Embassy.

Royal Society Executive Secretary, Stephen Cox said: “It must have been a striking sight to see the Grenadier Guards and Nazi soldiers march together down The Mall with a coffin with a swastika on it.

“This picture is incredible as the soldiers who are side by side could easily have been facing each other on the battlefield just three years later.”

Wartime London with Harry Harris, Discovery Channel, Sunday 8th November at 6:00pm

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To obtain images or clips, or further comment from Harry Harris or the Royal Society, please contact: Caroline Watt, caroline_watt@discovery-europe.com / +44(0)7879-474223

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A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be downloaded from www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or viewed at www.mediapoint.press.net or www.prnewswire.co.uk.

Source: Discovery Channel

To obtain images or clips, or further comment from Harry Harris or the Royal Society, please contact: Caroline Watt, caroline_watt at discovery-europe.com / +44(0)7879-474223