World War, 1939-1945

Richard Beckman, second from left, poses for a photo in front of a Jeep upon arrival in Berlin, Germany with five other men from his unit. Others are unidentified.

Richard Beckman, left, leans against an army Jeep on his 30th birthday on the day his assignment as a member of the United States Army's Criminal Investigation department arrived in Berlin, Germany. David Ginsburg is seated in the Jeep.

This Russian monument was built for the Potsdam Conference and features images of President Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill. The monument was constructed at Tiergarten near Charlottenburg.

This is an exterior view of the Reichstag Building in Berlin, Germany. This was where the German parliament met until 1933.

An image of Joseph Stalin is displayed on a monument along side a row of burnt buildings on the Unter den Linden, a boulevard in the central Mitte district of Berlin. All people are unidentified.

Members of the Russian NKVD march down a street in Berlin, Germany. The NKVD was the secret police that was a law enforcement agency of the Soviet Union that directly executed the will of the Communist Party. All are unidentified.

This is an exterior view of the home that Richard Beckman stayed in while stationed in Berlin, Germany. He lists the address as 15 Gilga Strasse, Zehlendorf-West.

The Victory Column in Berlin, Germany, was built to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War. A French flag was flying from the top on the day Richard Beckman took the photo after Allied Forces occupied Berlin.

This is an exterior view of the ruins of Hitler's Reich Chancellery after Allied Forces occupied Berlin.

Two unknown Russian soldiers seated on a wooden cart go past a Russian monument built for the Potsdam Conference at Tier Garten in Berlin, Germany.