Yevgeni Khaldei staged the scene on May , 1945 — three days after the Soviets captured Germany's parliament uilding.
The fierce fighting in the Reichstag - like in most places of the old Berlin govermental district around Wilhemstraße - ended only with the surrender of the majority of the german troops in Berlin in the morning of may, 2, 1945. Then 1500 surving german soldieres leaved the building. Only hours later Chaldej took the famous and a few more pictures. That this was not the "historic moment" was every time later clear because of the quality of the photographs: What pictures are possible under heavy fire show the D-Day pictures of Robert Capa from Omaha Beach.
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