Reichskanzlei, March 1945

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I am particularly happy to own this one now.
It is part of the Hoffmann series about the reception of the last contingent of Hitler Youth at the Reichskanzlei/Reich Chancellery on 20 March 1945.
As far as I know, the originals are in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. Here we have a Russian version of it, whether a print from the original negative or photo from photo I unfortunately don't know. In any case, it is contemporary.

It took some time to decipher the blurred Cyrillic stamp. It says: Spezfond MVD U(kr)SSR and below that the inventory number.
Министерство внутренних дел=Ministerstvo vnutrennikh dyel, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Spezfonds existed in every library and research institution in the Soviet Union until the end and meant a maximum restricted access to forbidden literature or in this case photos. It was also called the poison cabinet.
The red stamp at the bottom is a discard notice.

So the history of this photo is as exciting as the photo itself. Hope you enjoy.

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Greetings historical photo where there is
The stamps and doodles sounded familiar to me, as I had seen them before,
In that forum they talk about another photo from the same collection.

Admin edit: English please Juliux. Just use Google Translate and paste the Spanish-English result into your post :thumb:
 
It is clear that the pictures are of Russian or better Soviet origin. I have also seen others from this series that cover the entire period of the TR and always show those in power.
To see a Russian stamp that I can't read or interpret and then say "modern copy" would be too little research for me.
If modern means between March 1946 and December 1991, then this is true (but there is clear circumstantial evidence to suggest it was at the beginning rather than the end of that period).
These pictures were never meant for the public, on the contrary. And certainly not for collectors (or even to fraud them). At any rate, that is what I understand by "modern copy".
These pictures have a much more exciting story to tell.


Edit: I'm not sure I understood your first sentence correctly, Juliux. Did you want to know where the picture was taken?
 
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Hope I won´t bore you but i would like to send you two links that show young HJ boy Wilhelm Hübner when he was awarded the Iron Cross 1945 . Think you already will now all these vids. Video No II shows Wihlem Hübner in the 1970´s speaking about his life.

 
I particularly think that these photos are late-period or early post-war copies of originals.
About the photo I was referring to the emblematic end of the NSDAP and what it represents
 
one before and one after

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Saludos foto historica donde hay
Los sellos y garabatos me sonaron familiares, ya que los había visto antes,
En ese foro hablan de otra foto de la misma colección.

Edición del administrador: inglés, por favor, Juliux. Simplemente use Google Translate y pegue el resultado español-inglés en su publicación:pulgar:
OK:bueno:
 
I am particularly happy to own this one now.
It is part of the Hoffmann series about the reception of the last contingent of Hitler Youth at the Reichskanzlei/Reich Chancellery on 20 March 1945.
As far as I know, the originals are in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. Here we have a Russian version of it, whether a print from the original negative or photo from photo I unfortunately don't know. In any case, it is contemporary.

It took some time to decipher the blurred Cyrillic stamp. It says: Spezfond MVD U(kr)SSR and below that the inventory number.
Министерство внутренних дел=Ministerstvo vnutrennikh dyel, Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
Spezfonds existed in every library and research institution in the Soviet Union until the end and meant a maximum restricted access to forbidden literature or in this case photos. It was also called the poison cabinet.
The red stamp at the bottom is a discard notice.

So the history of this photo is as exciting as the photo itself. Hope you enjoy.

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Hi Jack,

Wonderful historical photograph, congratulations on owning it.

Best regards....Ewan
 
Hi Jack,

Thank you, I have been away but now it is great to be back. I have added a few more items to my small collection and look forward to posting on the forum for everyones opinions.
I was so sad yesterday to see a message from Garry that the forum had closed. So today I am very happy to find the forum back up and running.
Lets all get together and support Garry and again make this forum the best.

Best regards...Ewan
 
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