This document presents a collection of photographs taken during World War II by famous Soviet photographer Yevgeny Khaldei. It includes his photos from various fronts of the war including Moscow, the Arctic, Sevastopol, and Berlin. It also shares details about Khaldei's experience photographing at the Nuremberg trials, where he captured one of the most famous photos of Hermann Göring. Khaldei risked his life to document the entire war from 1941 to 1945, and his photos provided important visual evidence of the war.
10. The first day of the war. Moscow, June
22, 1941. October 25 Street, 12.00.
Citizens listen to V. Molotov about the
beginning of the war.
11. Evgeny Khaldei is one of the most famous Soviet photographers,
a reporter of the TASS news in pictures, he represented its
editorial staff during the Great Patriotic War. All 1,418 days he and
his "Leica" went from Murmansk to Berlin. One of his most popular
photos is "The Raising of the victory flag over the Reichstag".
Photos of Evgeny Khaldei were among evidences at the
Nuremberg trials, especially those made in Sevastopol. After the
war photographer fell out of favour, and despite the fact that after
Stalin's death, he again gained access to the newspaper pages,
until 1970 he could not organize his photo exhibition in the Soviet
Union because of oppressions of the Soviet leaders.
55. The first flag was raised next to the Nazi Eagle at the Templehof Airport.
56. The second flag was hoisted next to the destroyed Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate.
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60. The raising of the third flag became the iconic image of Nazi Germany’s final defeat. Note two watches on the soldier supporting the flag-bearer. Despite being the
primary scene of the Soviet airstrikes and the symbolic flag raising, the Reichstag was a mere symbol. It had remained unused since the Fire of 1933.
66. Yevgeny Khaldei in 1945 he was the Soviets’ frontline
photographer in the International Miltary Tribunals in
Nuremberg.
Nuremberg was a difficult assignment many photojournalists.
Access to the courtroom was tightly governed under rules
drafted by the Americans. Three glass enclosures were
distributed along the edges of the room, and photographers
were confined to them, two-by-two, and given only three
minutes to shoot. One enclosure faced the dock, another
faced the justices, and the third faced the those who had
gathered to observe the proceedings.
Khaldei finally circumvented the restriction by bribing an
assistant to one of the Soviet justices with a bottle of gin in
exchange for a better seat – the seat that yielded one of the
most interesting photographs of Hermann Göring and the
Trials.
67. Hermann Goering was extremely angry that the soldiers
allowed a Russian (let alone a Jew) to photograph him.
Dressed in his Soviet naval uniform (which further annoyed
Goering) Khaldei pursued Goering aggressively: “I took lots
of pictures of Göring because I thought, ‘Hitler is dead.’ That
makes Göring public enemy number one. I took pains to be
near him at all times.”
With the help of an American MP and his baton, Goering
was forced to face Khaldei’s lens, and even to have his
picture taken with him. Towards the end of the trial, before
the sentencing, Khaldei had his photo taken standing near
Göring by a colleague. With the exception of his mother,
Khaldei’s entire family had been slaughtered by the
Germans in 1941.
78. cast Yevgeny Khaldei’s Wartime Photographs
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