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Pre-WWII signage for driving on the right at the Czech/German border

Started by Brandon, March 07, 2014, 03:55:32 PM

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Brandon

March 07, 2014, 03:55:32 PM  
Was reading a news article when I found this image of a sign at the Czech/German border from 1938 warning people to drive on the right.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/73444000/jpg/_73444396_border.jpg
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xcellntbuy

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March 07, 2014, 04:50:03 PM  
It looks like the photo is from 1938 during the German annexation of the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

Brandon

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March 07, 2014, 05:07:36 PM  
Quote from: xcellntbuy on March 07, 2014, 04:50:03 PM
It looks like the photo is from 1938 during the German annexation of the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.

It is.  The story is about Ukraine, Russia, & Crimea, but the photo struck me as something folks here might like to see.

IIRC, at the time, Czechoslovakia drove on the left.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton, "Game of Thrones"

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg, "Monty Python's Life of Brian"

xcellntbuy

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March 07, 2014, 05:22:53 PM  
Yes indeed, and historically timely.  It looks as if Sudeten Germans pictured are trying to tear down a then-German/Czech border column.
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