Shortly before the beginning of the Operation"Barbarossa" Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels reads a proclamation on the German radio to the German people at 5:30 AM. The picture shows Goebbels in front of the microphone in his ministry, behind him Secretary of State Leopold Gutterer, radio production director Eugen Hadamovsky and radio announcer Rau (from left).

Proclamation, 1941. "Shortly before the beginning of the Operation""Barbarossa"" Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels reads a proclamation on the German radio to the German people at 5:30 AM. The picture shows Goebbels in front of the microphone in his ministry, behind him Secretary of State Leopold Gutterer, radio production director Eugen Hadamovsky and radio announcer Rau (from left).". Date created: 22/06/1941