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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.
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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