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Oshima Hiroshi, 1958

The Japanese General Oshima Hiroshi in the uniform of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Gina Lollobrigida in 'Bread, Love and Jealousy', 1954

The Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida as Maria 'la bersagliera' in 'Bread, Love and Jealousy', directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy 1954.

Helene Wessel, 1952

Portrait of the parliamentary party leader of the Centre Party, Helene Wessel. She reads a document and wears a dark dress, a brooch and round glasses.

Dr. Kurt Schumacher

Dr. Kurt Schumacher, leader of the opposition and the first chairman of the SPD.

Fritz Schaeffer

Fritz Schaeffer, Germany, portraits

Ernst Reuter

Ernst Reuter, German SPD politician. Undated picture.

Wolfgang Fortner

Composer and conductor Wolfgang Fortner (undated picture).

Akihito

Akihito, emperor, Japan, Portraits

Theodor Heuss, 1949

Politician (FDP) Theodor Heuss sitting on a armchair.

Ferdinand Sauerbruch

A woman shows a photo of surgeon Ferdinand Sauerbruch together with a young woman (presumably herself).

Carlo Schmid

Politician and constitutional law expert Professor Carlo Schmid (undated photo).

Portrait of Rupprecht Gerngross, 1945

Leader of the Freiheitsaktion Bayern, the FAB, (Bavarian freedom initiative) Rupprecht Gerngross in front of the microphone in the source room of Reichssender Munich on April 1945

Wilhelm Mohnke, 1945

SS-Brigadefuehrer Wilhelm Mohnke, around the end of the war as commander of the Citadel in Berlin.

General Walter Hartmann

Walter Hartmann, General of artillery. In the picture, he wears swords and diamonds to the Knight's Cross.

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Ioseb Besarionis dz? Djugashvili, adopted name Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1954. Photos of Stalin destined for publication were carefully selected and were intended to support the personality cult around him. The picture shows Stalin in marshal uniform with a Hero of Socialist Labor bagde, at the Yalta Conference in 1945.

Alexander Marinesko, commander of the Soviet submarine

Portrait of Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko, commander of the Soviet Submarine S-13, who was responsible for the sinking of the "Wilhelm Gustloff" and the "Steuben" at the end of the Second World War.

Portrait of a German child-soldier in American captivity during the last days of WWII, 1945, (b/w photo)

By the end of World War II, members of the Hitler Youth were taken into the army at increasingly younger ages,

Franz von Papen in prison, 1945

Franz von Papen the former Reich Chancellor and ally of Adolf Hitler as well as NSDAP member, in his cell during the Nuremberg trials.

Benito Mussolini, 1945

Benito Mussolini shortly before his death in the spring of 1945. His physical and mental deterioration is clearly visible. [automated translation]

Benito Mussolini, 1945

Benito Mussolini in the spring of 1945 as head of state of the so-called Republic of Salò in northern Italy. The vassal state dependent on the German Reich was established in 1943 and was entirely on the territory of the German occupying power. [automated translation]

Portrait of Adolf Hitler, 1945

Chancellor of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler in jacket at the end of the Second World War in Berlin, Germany. On the left Julius Schaub

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo, actress, Sweden, portraits after 1945

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo, actress, Sweden, portraits after 1945

Bertolt Brecht, around 1945

Portrait of German poet Bertolt Brecht, around 1945

Portrait of Bertold Brecht, circa 1945

Portrait of German poet Bertold Brecht, circa 1945

Portrait of Adolf Hitler, 1945

Portrait of German dictator Adolf Hitler in the spring of 1945. On the left Hermann Fegelein behind him on the right Julius Schaub

Alois Hudal

Bishop Alois Hudal, rector of the German community in Rome. After the Second World War he has helped many Nazi officials to flee abroad.

Georgy Zhukov, 1945

Marshal Georgy Zhukov (1896-1974), commander of the Soviet troops in Germany and head of the military administration in the Soviet occupation zone.

Willy Brandt, 1945

Willy Brandt, who later became Chancellor, as the Norwegian press officer.

Marshal Sokolovsky

Marshal Vasily D. Sokolovsky, Soviet general.

Ernst August von Koestring, 1944

Ernst August von Koestring, General of the volunteer units in the High Command of the Army, after being awarded with the Knight's Cross of War Merit Cross.

Sea Captain Werner Hartmann

Sea Captain Werner Hartmann, German naval officer.

Wilhelm Schepmann, Erwin Kraus

SA Chief of Staff William Schepman (left) and the inspector for the engine related technical training of the Volkssturm NSKK (National Socialist Automotive Corps) Corps leader Erwin Kraus (right).

Heinz Reinefarth, 1944

Heinz Reinefarth, SS-Group Leader and Lieutenant General of the Police.

Heinrich Himmler, 1944

SS Reich Leader Heinrich Himmler.

Adolf Hitler after the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944

Profile portrait of Adolf Hitler shortly after the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944, when he describes his visitor Mussolini the details of the explosion

Knut Hamsun, 1944

The norwegian author Knut Hamsun.

General Friedrich Wiese in southern France, 1944

The German commander on the French Mediterranean coast Infantry General Friedrich Wiese (right) visits with a division commander an attachment section.

Hasso von Manteuffel, 1944

Lieutenant General Hasso von Manteuffel, the Commander of the Panzer Grenadier Division 'Grossdeutschland'.

Gottfried von Einem, 1944

Gottfried von Einem, composer.

Gottfried von Einem, 1944

Gottfried von Einem, composer, in his home.

Portrait of Adolf Hitler, 1944

Profile portrait of Chancellor of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler

Hans Speidel, 1944

Major General Hans Speidel, Chief of the General Staff of the 8th Army

Herbert Backe, 1944

Herbert Backe, German politician and from 1933 State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Nutrition. After the resignation of Walther Darre he was Reich Minister for Nutrition from April 06, 1944. On the photo he is wearing the insignia of a Senior group leader of the SS.

SS-Group Leader Herbert Gille, 1944

Oak leaves carrier SS-Group Leader and Lieutenant General of the Waffen-SS Herbert Gille, Commander of the SS-Panzer Division "Wiking".

Erich Baerenfaenger, 1944

Major Erich Baerenfaenger, commander of the III battalion of the infantry regiment 123, holder of the Oak Leaves and the Swords of the Knight's Cross.

Wilhelm Heye

Wilhelm Heye (1869-1946), German officer.

Adalbert Schulz, 1944

Adalbert Schulz (born in 1903), was a tank officer and a major general. He is wearing the highest military decoration called Oak Leaf to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Diamonds, which he was awarded in 1944 as the 9th soldier of the German Wehrmacht by Adolf Hitler.

Portrait of Walter Robert Dornberger, 1944

Portrait of Nazi rocket scientist Walter Dornberger at the military training grounds Heidelager in Poland

Heinz Guderian during the war, 1944-1945

Heinz Guderian, a German officer. On the neck he wears the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Diamonds. The picture shows him as Chief of Staff of the Army, probably around 1944/45.

Hans Hinkel, 1944

Hans Hinkel, president of the Reichskulturkammer.

Gerhard Hauptmann, 1944

Gerhard Hauptmann, a German writer and playwright.

Portrait of Karl Wolff, 1944

Portrait of Karl Wolff. He was high-ranking member of the Nazi SS, ultimately holding the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuehrer and General of the Waffen-SS

Rudolf Schmundt, 1944

General Rudolf Schmundt, Adjutant to the armed forces under Hitler.

Hans Gunther von Kluge, 1944

Field Marshal Hans Gunther von Kluge (1882-1944), German officer. In 1944 he was succeeded by Gerd von Rundstedt as commander in chief West.

Helmuth James von Moltke

Helmuth James von Moltke as a defendant before the People's Court, Berlin 1944.

Eva Braun and Hermann Fegelein, 1944

The mistress of Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun, with her brother in law, SS-Gruppenfuehrer Hermann Fegelein during his wedding with Eva Braun's younger sister Margaret in the "Eagle's Nest", the house on the Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden.

Richard Strauss, 1944

Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer and conductor.

Henning von Tresckow, general and resistance fighter (1944)

Henning von Tresckow (born 10.01.1901, d. 21.7.1944), general and resistance fighter, was heavily involved in the preparation of the assassination attempt on Hitler on 20 July 1944. Portrait from 1944.

Laurence Olivier in 'Henry V', 1944

Laurence Olivier in the title role of Shakespeare's film version of 'Henry V', directed by Laurence Olivier, Great Britain, France, 1944

Karl Wolff, 1944

Karl Wolff, senior SS and Police Chief for North Italy.

General Rokossovsky, 1944/1945

General Rokossovsky in Warsaw.

Wilhelm vom Scholz

Wilhelm Scholz, German writer and poet.

Dr. Theodor Morell, 1944

Dr. Theodor Morell, Hitler's personal physician.

Hanna Reitsch, 1944

Hanna Reitsch, here with golden airplane clasp and the Iron Cross 1st and 2 Class. Reitsch was in 1937 the first female captain and first test pilot of the German Air Force. She survived several crashes. In 1942 she became the first woman distinguished with the Iron Cross II and the Iron Cross I, which she received personally from Adolf Hitler.

Knight's Cross bearer Fritz Dinger, 1942

Lieutenant Fritz Dinger, Staffelkapitaen (Squadron Commander) 4./ Jagdgeschwader 53, with the Knight's Cross in 1942. The date shows the bestowal date.

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Ioseb Besarionis dz? Djugashvili, adopted name Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union from 1927 to 1954. Photos of Stalin destined for publication were carefully selected and were intended to support the personality cult around him. The photograph was taken in 1943 at the end of the Tehran Conference.

Amin al-Husayni at an anti-British meeting in Berlin, 1943

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husayni, during a speech at a meeting of the Islamic Institute in Berlin to mark the anniversary of the so-called Balfour Declaration. The protest was against the British Palestine policy.

Portrait of Franz Ritter v. Epp, 1943

This photograph shows the Reich Governor of Bavaria Franz Ritter von Epp. Around his neck he wears the order Pour le merite, which he had been awarded in 1918 for the storming of the Kemmelberg during the German spring offensive. His uniform is decorated with other monarchist orders and war merit crosses.

Walther Funk, 1943

Walther Funk (1890-1960), German journalist and politician (NSDAP). He was Reich Minister of Economics since 1938 and Reichsbank President since 1939.

Otto Skorzeny, 1943

Otto Skorzeny (1908-1975), officer of the Weapon-SS.

Wilhelm Schepmann, 1943

Schepmann Wilhelm (1894-1970), Chief of Staff of the SA.

Ernst Bohle, 1943

Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903-1960), German politician and head of the International Organization of the NSDAP (AO) in the Foreign Office.

Sepp Dietrich, 1943

Sepp Dietrich, General of the Weapon-SS.

Sepp Dietrich, 1943

The General of the Weapon-SS Sepp Dietrich.

Field Marshal Georg von Kuechler awards Georg Straube the Knight's Cross, 1943

Georg von Kuechler, Chief of Army Group North (right), fixes the Knight's Cross on the neck of Sergeant George Straube, platoon leader in the 2./Panzerjaegerabteilung 18 (motorized). The sergeant was awarded for his efforts in the defensive battle of Staraja Russia

Ulrich Graf, 1943

Ulrich Graf (1878-1950), co-founder of the NSDAP in 1920 and in the twenties Hitler's bodyguard, in the uniform of an SS brigade leader. Graf threw himself on Adolf Hitler during the exchange of fire at the Hitler Putsch in Munich (1923) and caught 11 bullets. He enjoyed prestige as Hitler's life preserver. On the right breast pocket of his uniform, he wears the so-called "Blood Order", which identifies him as a participant in the coup. The picture was taken on the occasion of his 65th birthday on 06 July in June/July 1943.

Knight's Cross holder, 1943

New Knight's Cross holder of the army, top row from left to right General Major Richard Reimann, commander of the 18. Flak Division, Colonel Theodore Beckmann, commander of the IV. task force 1. Major Fath, deputy commander of the IV. task force 1, sergeant Bretschneider, platoon leader in a flak regiment, bottom row from left to right: SS- Obersturmbannfuehrer Otto Baum, chief of the III. Battalion of the SS-Infantry Regiment 3, SS- Hauptsturmfuehrer Lino Masarie, leader of the reconnaissance department 3 of the SS-Panzer Grenadier-Division "Totenkopf", Sergeant Alois Lehrkinder, platoon leader in an Infantry Regiment, Staff Sergeant Ketterer, platoon commander in a armour regiment.

Gerhard Boldt, 1943

Gerhard Boldt, German officer, as 1st lieutenant and troop commander of a reconnaissance troop. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on April 18, 1943.

Horst Ademeit, 1943

Lieutenant Horst Ademeit, I. / Jagdgeschwader 54, with the Knights Cross. The date specifies the date of the awarding.

Adolf Hitler picture on a postcard, 1943

On the occasion of Adolf Hitler's birthday on April 20, 1943, the Post Office of the Gereral Government of Poland issued these postcards with an additional charge of one zloty.

Walter Gerth, 1943

SS Lieutenant d.R. Walter Gerth received the Knight's Cross as battery commander of the 7. Battery of the SS-Artillery Regiment 3 of the SS Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Totenkopf".

Amin al-Husayni during a visit in Zagreb, 1943

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husayni visited Muslim units of the Waffen-SS in the Balkans. Here on arrival in the airport of Zagreb.

Wilhelm Beck, 1943

SS Obersturmbannfuehrer William Beck with the Knight's Cross, which he was awarded as chief of the 2. Company SS-Armour Regiment 1 in the Panzer Grenadier-Division 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'.

Hans Becker, 1943

SS Hauptsturmfuehrer (SS-Head Storm Leader) Hans Becker wears the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which he was awarded as chief of the 2nd company SS-armour Grenadier Regiment 2 of the Leibstandarte-SS 'Adolf Hitler'.

Knight's Cross holder, 1943

With the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross were awarded (top row from left to right) Hermann Dahlke, platoon leader in the Armored Infantry Regiment 1 of the SS Panzer Grenadier Division 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler', General of the Infantry Eugen Ott, Commanding General of the LII. Army Corps. SS Sturmbannfuehrer Albert Frey, commander of the First Battalion of the SS Armored Grenadier Division 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler', (bottom row from left to right) Lieutenant Kurt Bahns, chief of the 6. Company of the Infantry Regiment 216, Lieutenant Colonel Rudolf Petershagen, battalion commander of the II. Battalion of the Infantry Regiment 92. Lieutenant Lemke, pilot in a fighter squadron.

Albert Frey, 1943

SS Strumbannfuehrer Albert Frey with the Knight's Cross, which he was awarded as battalion commander in the SS Panzergrenadier Division 'Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'.

Alfred Guenther, 1943

SS- Hauptscharfuehrer Alfred Guenther with the Knight's Cross, which he was awarded as leader of an assault gun in the 1. Battery SS Assault Gun Division 1 of the Leibstandarte-SS 'Adolf Hitler'.

Fritz Witt, 1943

Fritz Witt (1908-1944), SS-Brigadefuehrer of the 12th Panzer Division "Hitler Youth".

Hans Fallada, 1943

Hans Fallada (actually Rudolf Ditzen, 1893-1947), German writer.

Robert von Greim, 1943

Colonel-General Robert Ritter von Greim (1892-1945), German officer.

Captain Ludwig Becker, 1943

Captain Ludwig Becker, squadron commander in a night fighter squadron. In the picture he is wearing the Knight's Cross.

Dino Alfieri, Tarabini, Ernst Bohle, 1943

The Italian ambassador in Berlin, Dino Alfieri, the Leader of the fascist delegation National Council Tarabini and the Head of the Foreign Organisation of the NSDAP Ernst Bohle (from left) at the reception in the Italian Embassy in honor of an Italian delegation.