Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953

Look behind the mask! Communism is death. Anti-communist poster depicting Stalin. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-80757.

The Opening Session of the Potsdam Conference poses for photographers. President Harry S. Truman is near the center at the back end of the table, wearing a bow tie. Clockwise around the table, starting at President Truman: Charles Bohlen; two unidentified men; British foreign minister Anthony Eden; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; unidentified British military officer; Clement Attlee; unidentified man; Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Joseph Stalin; two unidentified men; Admiral William D. Leahy; Secretary of State James Byrnes.

President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin with their aides in the garden of Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany, during the Potsdam Conference. Seated, left to right: Prime Minister Attlee, President Truman, and Prime Minister Stalin. Standing, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy; British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin; Secretary of State James Byrnes; and Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. From the album "President's Trip to the Berlin Conference Vol. 2 of 2."

Opening session of the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany. President Harry S. Truman is seated foreground (back to camera). Soviet Prime Minister Josef Stalin is at right. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is at left. Secretary of State James Byrnes is seated to the right of President Truman. Admiral William Leahy is seated two to the right of President Truman. British foreign minister Anthony Eden is to the left of Winston Churchill. Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov is to the left of Prime Minister Stalin. All others are unidentified.

Soviet Prime Minister Joseph Stalin (second from left), President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right), and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (right) and their interpreters engage in an informal conversation, prior to the opening of the Potsdam Conference. Admiral William D. Leahy (behind Truman on the left) and Clement Attlee (between Truman and Churchill) are in the background.

Prior to start of "Big Three" conference in an elaborate estate in the Potsdam area, U. S. Army Signal Corps and Russian Army photographers record the historic moment for the world to see. In top center can be seen the "Big Three", President Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin, and Winston Churchi1l, all with backs to camera. Inscribed on back of photo: "This is the place I told Stalin about the Atom bomb, which was exploded July 16, 1945 in New Mexico. He didn't realize what I was talking about! HST"

A portrait of Joseph Stalin is hung on Unter den Linden (a boulevard), Mitte, Berlin, Germany, after the defeat of the Nazi Army in World War II. City Hall tower can be seen in the background.

Stands erected by the Russians at Unter den Linder, Mitte, Berlin, Germany, for the Big Three Meeting. Three paintings of Allied leaders are shown, from left to right: President Harry S. Truman of the United States, Josef Stalin of the Soviet Union, and Winston Churchill of Great Britain.

Left to right: Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, President Harry S. Truman, and Generalissimo Joseph Stalin of Russia, sitting in the garden at Potsdam in front of a barrage of cameras. Fourth from the left of those standing is General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to Truman. From: Kirke B. Lawton, Major General, United States Army.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left), President Harry S. Truman (center), and General Joseph Stalin in a garden at Cecilienhof, Berlin during the Potsdam conference. From Potsdam album #2, Trip to Potsdam.