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Upload14 Jun 2026Gedenktafel zum Elbe Day Torgau
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Upload14 Jun 2026April 27, 1945 U.S. Army office internal communication with 1st accounting of actual soldier statements at the Elbe Rivereated by unit employees in the scope of thier duties
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Upload14 Jun 2026Maps show military activities throughout Europe, China, and the Philippines during the week. Inset map: Pacific action Photograph: U.S. Sixty-Ninth Division Infantrymen greet Red Army soldiers on the Elbe River bridge at Torgau. Accompanied by timeline showing dates, key cities, and mileage for both armies to meet.
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Upload14 Jun 2026US Army General Courtney Hodges (left) greets Soviet Army Major General Gleb Baklanov (right) after the meeting of Soviet and US forces on the Elbe
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Upload14 Jun 2026Der Gedenkstein zur Erinnerung an die ermordete Zivilbevölkerung durch die Rote Armee und die schrecklichen Ereignisse in den letzten Tagen des 2. Weltkrieges in Lorenzkirch und an die erste Begegnung US-amerikanischer und sowjetischer Truppen auf deutschem Boden am Elbe Day, den 25. April 1945, um 12.00-13.00 Uhr auf den Elbwiesen in Lorenzkirch.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Der Gedenkstein zur Erinnerung an die ermordete Zivilbevölkerung durch die Rote Armee und die schrecklichen Ereignisse in den letzten Tagen des 2. Weltkrieges in Lorenzkirch und an die erste Begegnung US-amerikanischer und sowjetischer Truppen auf deutschem Boden am Elbe Day, den 25. April 1945, um 12.00-13.00 Uhr auf den Elbwiesen in Lorenzkirch.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Memorial stone April 1945 in Lorenzkirch ( Zeithain , Saxony, Germany. It remembers also to the meeting of the Elbe Day , April 25, 1945 in Lorenzkirch.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Cropped image derived from Begegnung der Alliierten in Torgau 1945, Infotafel am Bahnhof Torgau.jpg, a modern photograph (2022) of a publicly displayed information board at Torgau railway station, Germany. The information board includes a reproduction of the historic Elbe Day handshake photograph originally taken on 25 April 1945 by Associated Press photographer Allan Jackson. This file is a derivative work consisting solely of cropping. No claim of original authorship of the underlying 1945 photograph is made.
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Upload14 Jun 2026Begegnung der Alliierten in Torgau 1945, Infotafel am Bahnhof Torgau
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Upload14 Jun 2026Special Map Showing Contact Between Gen. Hodges' First U.S. Army and Gen. Jadov's Firth U.S.S.R. Army 25 April 1945 https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/52194/second-world-war-elbe-day-special-map-showing-contact-be-us-army
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Upload14 Jun 2026William D. Robertson (left) tells the story of this picture: soundcloud.com/patsch/william-d-robertson-tells-the-story...
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Upload14 Jun 2026American and Soviet generals pose on the banks of the Elbe River near Torgau, Germany, where the two Allies linked up for the first time. Pictured from left to right are Brig. Gen. Charles G. Helmick (Commander of V Corps Artillery), Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner (CG V Corps, First U.S. Army), Lt. Gen. Gleb Baklanov (Commanding General Soviet 34th Rifle Corps), and Maj. Gen. Vladimir Rusakov (Commanding General Soviet 58th Guards Rifle Division).
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![Happy 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Silvashko, Red Army, shown in front of sign [East Meets West] symbolizing the historic meeting of the Soviet and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany on w:Elbe Day .](https://pub-329870f73b344962941a6904b3a477ff.r2.dev/uploads/c9a8fe30-dce7-45cb-87f1-93b91786aade/sm.avif)
Upload14 Jun 2026Happy 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Silvashko, Red Army, shown in front of sign [East Meets West] symbolizing the historic meeting of the Soviet and American Armies, near Torgau, Germany on w:Elbe Day .
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Upload14 Jun 2026Weimar-Nord train station - remains of the standard gauge track at the Buttelstedter Straße station exit
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Eingangstor Zum Mahnmal (Entrance to the Memorial Area)
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Block 46
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Barackenfeld (Barracks Field)
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Barackenfeld (Barracks Field)
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - KZ NO-Ecke (North-East Corner)
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Gedenktafel am Barackenfeld (Memorial on the Barracks Field)
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Krematorium
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - 'Jedem Das Seine' ('Everyone Gets What He Deserves')
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Upload14 Jun 2026Buchenwald - Politische Abteilung (Political Department)
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