Potsdam: Cecilienhof (2)

 

 

This picture was taken during the Yalta conference, which was held in February 1945
(ca. five months before the Postdam conference). Sitting in the front row from the left:

Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin.

 

The Potsdam conference in July 1945:

Churchill arrives at Cecilienhof with a member of his staff.

The Postdam conference in 1945:

Stalin arrives at Cecilienhof with his delegation

 

The Potsdam conference in July 1945. Standing outside Cecilienhof from the left:
Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, and Joseph Stalin. 

 

During the Potsdam conference this room was used as an informal meeting place.

The door panels in this room have elegant carvings made of ivory

 

 The Potsdam conference in 1945:
Stalin arrives at Cecilienhof with his delegation.

 

During the Potsdam conference this room served as the study of
the leader of the Soviet delegation, Joseph Stalin

Stalin's study includes a large desk and an open fireplace

 

 Stalin's study also includes a niche with a sofa group

 

During the Potsdam conference the Great Hall of Cecilienhof was used as the official meeting room.
Three flags representing the "Big Three" are hanging from the wall.

 

The Great Hall, which was used as the official meeting room,
is still preserved as it was during the conference in 1945

 

The Potsdam conference in 1945.
The delegations in session in the Great Hall of Cecilienhof 

 

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Potsdam: Cecilienhof (3) 

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