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Chaldej, Jewgeni
(1916 - 1997)Planes over the Reichstag

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Planes over the Reichstag, Berlin. April 1945/printed early 1990s. Gelatin silver print. 30 x 40 cm. Signed by the photographer in pencil on verso.

Jewgeni Chaldej, a Soviet photojournalist, is renowned for his photographs documenting the capture of Berlin by Soviet troops on May 2, 1945, marking the end of World War II in Europe. His images, particularly the iconic scene of the Soviet flag being raised on the Reichstag building, have become crucial visual records of this historic moment. – Top margin slightly rubbed, some buckling, otherwise in good condition.

Lit.: Ernst Volland/Heinz Krimmer (eds.). Von Moskau nach Berlin. Bilder des russischen Fotografen Jewgeni Chaldej. Berlin 1999, ill. p. 70.