Name/Title
Potsdam ConferenceEntry/Object ID
0102:0468Description
l-r: Winston Churchill; Harry Truman; Josef Stalin pose for cameras in a garden while in Potsdam for peace talks.
[Unused / unissued material - exact date and locations unclear or unknown. Potsdam, East Germany.
Various shots of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, US President Harry S Truman and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin in Potsdam for peace talks. They come out of a building and into a garden where they sit in wicker chairs and pose for the cameras. Churchill and Stalin are in uniform, Truman wears civvies. Then the group go back into the building.Note: the peace talks took place on 18 July 1945.] {NARA}Collection
World War IILocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Research Room, Photo Drawer 14Date
August 31, 2026Research Notes
Research Type
CuratorNotes
The Potsdam Conference was the second time in a matter of just under a few decades that the leaders of a victorious coalition faced the problem of what to do with a defeated Germany and a postwar Europe.Create Date
April 9, 2024Update Date
October 21, 2026