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YEVGENY KHALDEI (1917-1997)
Lot 88

YEVGENY KHALDEI (1917-1997)

Planting flag on the Reichstag, 30 April 1945

Closed26 November 2008

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GBP 2,750

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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.)

Specialist note

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.