The German occupation of Austria (Anschluss) prior to World War II. Heldengedenktag or Heroes' Memorial Day in Berlin, Germany on March 13,1938. View of the Neue Wache (Unter den Linden 4 10117 Berlin) along Unter den Linden. A cross, flowers, and a flame burns next to it. A guard stands outside. View of the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great. Camera pans back across the front of the Neue Wache or New Guard building showing soldiers in formation on either side. Accompanied by two officers, Hermann Goering in uniform, including steel helmet, walks behind soldiers as they carry a large floral wreath across the square and into the New Guard building. View from inside as they enter and place the wreath. Closeup of the wreath shows a ribbon with words: "Adolf Hitler." Officers salute. War song, "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden," is softly played in the background. Scene shifts to Vienna, Austria, as Goering gives a speech. View of St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom, Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien, Austria) and scenes from several days prior, as crowds cheer in Heldenplatz square (Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna) about the Anschluss. Animated map showing the annexation territory. Slate displaying the slogan: "Ein Volk; Ein Reich; Ein Fuhrer" (One people; one nation; one leader.)
Various delegates at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Officials descend steps of building. President Harry S Truman, Joseph Stalin, Secretary James F Byrnes and Foreign Minister Vyacheslev M Molotov descend steps of Little White House. Dignitaries include Admiral William D Leahy. They pose on steps for photographers.
Potsdam Conference in Cecilienhof Palace (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany). United States President Harry S. Truman seated in car talks to an official. Soviet Marshal Georgi Zhukov and other Russian officers enter the Palace. Joseph Stalin shakes hands with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Stalin, Truman, and Churchill pose. Notables include Clement Attlee, Vyacheslev Molotov, Andrei Gromyko and Andrey Vyshinsky. View of delegations and conference table from above. Russian guards salute the arriving delegation outside the Palace.
Potsdam Conference in Germany. U.S. President Harry S Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Generalissimo Joseph Stalin pose for photographers in conference room. Officials stand on side and in the background. Attlee and Foreign Secretary Ernest J Bevin sit down at the conference table. Big Three greet each other and shake hands with other officials at the conference.
Potsdam Conference in Germany. Various officials take their seats at conference table. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Foreign Secretary Ernest J Bevin sit at the conference table. President Harry S Truman poses with them. Truman shakes hands with Generalissimo Joseph Stalin. Stalin pushes chair aside to make room for Truman and Attlee to pose with him for pictures. Officials take their seats at the conference table.
Potsdam Conference in Germany. Military Police guards 'Little White House'. Prime Minister of UK, Clement Attlee inspects British Honor Guard at Premier's Palace. Attlee poses for photographers at entrance of building then enters
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