Lot Essay
At almost the same time this picture was taken, Hitler committed suicide a few hundred yards away and Germans were still fighting in the lower floors of the Reichstag.
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Planting flag on the Reichstag, 30 April 1945
Details
YEVGENY KHALDEI (1917-1997)
Planting flag on the Reichstag, 30 April 1945
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in pencil on verso
13½ x 11in. (34.3 x 28cm.)
Planting flag on the Reichstag, 30 April 1945
gelatin silver print, printed later
signed in pencil on verso
13½ x 11in. (34.3 x 28cm.)
Literature
Moynahan, The Russian Century: A Photojournalistic History of Russia in the Twentieth Century, Random House, 1994, pp.222-23, variant.
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