Title

US army seals off the building of the Soviet commission of repatriation

Caption

In Frankfurt on the Main on 2 March 1949, an American officer (centre) refuses entrance to a building of the Soviet commission of repatriation to an officer of the Soviet military mission in Frankfurt (right). Put under pressure by US armed forces, the commission had to leave its residence in the Holzhausen district of Frankfurt and move towards the Soviet occupation zone.

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Date

Mar 02, 1949

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A05_262

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 12,4in x 19,5in / 3714 x 5836 (300dpi)

Keywords

Besatzung Besatzung Sowjetunion Bewachen Deutschland Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Gebäude Gespräch Gruppe Historisch Kalter Krieg Militär Nachkriegszeit Politik Rote Armee Schnee Soldaten Sowjetische Armee Sowjetische Repatriierungskommission US Army US-Armee Zutritt verweigern europhotodb ganze Figur uniformen occupation Germany full_length building apartment building buildings talking group historic historical military Armed_Forces post-war_era post-war period after-war period politics POL snow soldiers troops uniforms Russia, Soviet Union historic_archive