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Russian officer served as photographer with Soviet Navy attached to Soviet Army in Soviet Union and Germany, 1941-1946; staff photographer with Russian News Agency (TASS) in Soviet Union, 1948-1953. In Russian with English translation
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REEL 1 Recollections of period as photographer with Soviet Navy attached to Soviet Army in Soviet Union and Germany, 1941-1946: memories of passing through former occupied Nazi territory, 1943-1944; attitude towards Germans on entering Germany; death of father and sisters; entering Berlin, Germany, 4/1945; taking photograph of Red Flag on roof of Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany, 1/5/1945; obtaining material for Red Flag; Soviet Army's supply of food to civilians in Berlin, Germany, 1945; question of rapes committed by Soviet Army troops in Berlin, Germany; attitude towards war; taking photographs at Potsdam Conference, Germany, 7/1945-8/1945; atmosphere at Potsdam Conference, Germany, 7/1945-8/1945; photographing Allied leaders during Potsdam Conference, Germany, 7/1945-8/1945; devastated state of Soviet Union on return, 1945; atmosphere on return to Soviet Union. Aspects of period as staff photographer with Russian News Agency (TASS) in Soviet Union, 1946-1948: reasons for his being sacked from press agency, 10/1948.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of period as freelance photographer in Soviet Union, 1948-1953: leadership of Josef Stalin in Second World War; treatment of military in immediate post-war period; anti-Semitism in Soviet Union; attitude towards death of Josef Stalin, 5/3/1953. Translation: Recollections of period as photographer with Soviet Navy attached to Soviet Army in Soviet Union and Germany, 1941-1946: memories of passing through former occupied Nazi territory, 1943-1944; attitude towards Germans on entering Germany; murder of father and sisters by Germans; entering Berlin, Germany, 4/1945; taking photograph of Red Flag on roof of Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany, 1/5/1945; obtaining material for Red Flag; Red Army's supply of food to civilians in Berlin, Germany, 1945; question of rapes committed by Soviet Army troops in Berlin, Germany; attitude towards war; taking photographs at Potsdam Conference, Germany, 7/1945-8/1945; atmosphere at Potsdam Conference, Germany, 7/1945-8/1945; devastated state of Soviet Union on return, 1945. Aspects of period as staff photographer with Russian News Agency (TASS) in Soviet Union, 1946-1948: reasons for his being sacked from press agency, 10/1948.
REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of period as freelance photographer in Soviet Union, 1948-1953: leadership of Josef Stalin in Second World War; treatment of military in immediate post-war period; anti-Semitism in Soviet Union; attitude towards death of Josef Stalin, 5/3/1953.