Caption

Then and now. The Reichstag 2005 and on May 2, 1945. Mitte, Berlin In total, J. Chaldej took 36 pictures, which he later also changed by adding clouds of smoke, retouching the clock and assembling further variants. The picture became an icon and symbol of the victory over national socialism

Date

2005

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jewgeni Chaldej/Sammlung E.Volland & H.Krimmer

Reference

BRK26B84_467

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (1.4Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

symbol clock time of day time building square city urban Second World War national socialism history world war dictatorship parliament politics victory end Berlin German Reichstag Building picture government Europe smoke government building historic legislative building old town national socialistic smoke cloud political capital city extremism extremist european fascism Bundestag regime contemporary history right-wing extremism icon racism xenophobia Germany Third Reich Government District surrender assembly Bundestag building Berlin-Mitte right-wing extremist Republic Square Downtown Central Europe 1939-1945 Nazi regime Historic quarter 3rd Reich End of the war watch structure place town urban environment World War II NS win Reichstag image historical parliament building historic center cloud of smoke German Parliament German Federal Republic Nazi Germany fume capitulation assembling Berlin Mitte right-wing Platz der Republik midtown Middle Europe NS-Regime Historic district construction municipal World War 2 WW II WW2 WWII WW 2 historic centre German Bundestag racist Republic of Germany Government Quarter city center Nazi dictatorship historic city center FRG assemblage city centre historic city centre town center historic old town Town centre historical old town Inner city old city Inner town old district Old town area symbols clocks times of day buildings squares cities world wars dictatorships parliaments victories ends pictures governments smoking government buildings legislative buildings old towns smoke clouds regimes icons government districts surrenders assemblies Bundestag buildings Historic quarters watches places images historically clouds of smoke Historic districts constructions BRD old historic town Platz Berlin's government's Europe's smokes vaping historical image history image history images Altstadt capital capitals winning historic part Berlin Mitte district in the centre of