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Graffiti inside the ruins of the German Reichstag building

Photograph Wikimedia Commons Taken on 3 July 1945 Public domain

Graffiti inside the ruins of the German Reichstag building

On 3 July 1945, graffiti left by Soviet soldiers covers the pillars inside the ruins of the German Reichstag building in Berlin. A British soldier is standing among the ruins and looking at those pillars.

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The repository publishes this item as Public domain, crediting Hewitt (Sergeant), No 5 Army Film Photographic Unit Post-Work: User:W.wolny. Public domain per the item’s own record.

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Hewitt (Sergeant), No 5 Army Film Photographic Unit Post-Work: User:W.wolny · Graffiti inside the ruins of the German Reichstag building · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Wikimedia Commons
Creator
Hewitt (Sergeant), No 5 Army Film Photographic Unit Post-Work: User:W.wolny
Date as recorded
Taken on 3 July 1945
Medium
Photograph
Hosting
hosted
Master
1239 × 1300 · 0.2 MB
Catalogued
2026-09-14

Battle of BerlinInterior of the Reichstag (building)No. 5 Army Film and Photographic UnitBlack and white photographs of Germany in 1945UK Government artistic worksSoviet graffiti in the Reichstag (building)Allied History of BerlinMilitary people in 1945People of the United Kingdom in 1945Photographs taken on 1945-07-03Photographs from the Imperial War MuseumJuly 1945 Berlin photographs