Potsdam Conference, 1945

Richard Beckman, seated in chair, sits in President Harry S. Truman's library at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany.

This is a view of the British entrance at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany.

This is a View of the parlor that President Harry S. Truman used at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany. The Potsdam Conference meetings took place at Cecilienhof.

John Osterholt sits in a chair in President Harry S. Truman's library at Cecilienhof for the Potsdam, Conference. The Potsdam Conference meetings took place at Cecilienhof.

This is the American entrance at Cecilienhof at Potsdam, Germany where the Potsdam Conference was held.

The Big Three finish a photo session outside at Cecilienhof at the Potsdam Conference. Pictured are British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, President Harry S. Truman, Marshal Joseph Stalin (in white uniform), Fleet Admiral William Leahy, Ernest Bevin, James F. Byrnes, and Vyacheslav Molotov. Others are unidentified.

Richard Beckman poses for a photo in front of his home that he stayed in in Berlin, Germany during occupation. Beckman served as part of the protective detail for President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference.

Milton Kroll, right, stands with Mr. Maurovitch in front of the main entrance of Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany.

This is a view of the library at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, German. The Potsdam Conference meetings took place at Cecilienhof.

This is a view of the British entrance at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany.