German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop returns from negotiations in Moscow, where he and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signed an agreement on August 23, 1939 to equally divide Poland between the two totalitarian powers. Peace in Europe would last just 10 more days...

Ribbentrop returns from Moscow

German Chancellor and dictator Adolf Hitler consults a geographical survey map with his general staff including Heinrich Himmler (left) and Martin Bormann (right) at an undisclosed location in 1939.

Nazi Elites

Clearly the best photo of Der Fuhrer, taken by Henrich Hoffman on April 1, 1932.