
Start date: Apr 16, 1945
End date: May 02, 1945

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin 1945 Blick über den Pariser Platz auf das Brandenburger Tor Anfang Juni 1945
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(1945) The Fall of Berlin heralds the beginning of the end of WWII.
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