Russians signing the Berlin Declaration, Germany, June 1945

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Photograph. M. Vyschinsky (left), Deputy Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Marshal Gregory Zhukov, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Soviet Forces, looking over the text of the Berlin Declaration. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/16/45--Russians in Berlin--M. Vyschinsky (L), Deputy Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Marshal Gregory Zhukov, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Soviet Forces, look over the text of the four-power pact declaring the defeat of Germany and the assumption of supreme control by the four major allies in the European theater: the U.S., Great Britain, France, and Russia. The pact was signed in Berlin June 5, 1945.--War pool photo Approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (B List out) 6741." Berlin, Germany. 16 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.425
Date: 
06/16/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Generals--Russian--Germany
Government officials--Russian--Germany
Document signings--Germany
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
Geography: 
Berlin
Latitude: 
52.517
Longitude: 
13.400
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--Russian--Germany
Government officials--Russian--Germany
Document signings--Germany