And again this claim is floating around on Facebook... only now not only Merkel and May are said to be in an old youth photo, but also Grybauskaitė...
Once again we received inquiries about an old SW photo showing three young girls. Apparently these are Angela Merkel, Theresa May and Dalia Grybauskaitė.
This photo was only recently shared on social networks and has now been supplemented with the Lithuanian politician:

Our fact check
The image published on Facebook is one shot from an entire series of photos .
The picture was taken at the turn of the year 1972/1973 . It shows the then 17-year-old Angela Merkel and two of her former schoolmates. The picture was taken by Bernd Birnbaum, a schoolmate of Angela Merkel.
Theresa May and Dalia Grybauskaitė were born in 1956. Angela Merkel again in 1954.
In other words, they wouldn't even have been in the same class back then! Two of the women were only 15 years old at the time. Theresa May also went to the Holton Park Girls School in Wheatley, which was later converted into a comprehensive school ( source ).
Dalia graduated from Salomėja Nėris Middle School in Vilnius Old Town ( source ). Angela Merkel, on the other hand, was attending the “Hermann Matern” extended secondary school (EOS) in Templin at this time, where she graduated from high school in 1973 ( source ).
The photo series itself can be found on the Swedish press photo site http://www.inaagency.se
Source: http://www.inaagency.se/search.php?sessionid=9309stf4t437mrjv5q5k4ssl97
The photo in detail:
Image description:
- Angela Merkel,
- youth photos,
- New Year's Eve party,
- New Year's Eve 1972/73,
- SPECIAL PRICE: +100%,
- Group picture, girlfriends, youth, childhood, private,
- Photos by Bernd Birnbaum, Berlin, classmate of A. Merkel, QF; BW; [Color technology: sRGB, 6.11 MB available]
In comparison
We found a photo of the young Theresa May. Unfortunately, the photo on Facebook did not describe which of the two girls was supposed to be Theresa May. But if you look at the pictures in comparison, you'll see that neither girl resembles the young Theresa May.
This photo can be found at Dailymail.co.uk, which also confirms that Theresa May went to a school in Wheatley! ( Source )
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