BERLIN MAY 1945. VALERY FAMINSKY. UNKNOWN ARCHIVE

BERLIN MAY 1945. VALERY FAMINSKY. UNKNOWN ARCHIVE

Valery Faminsky's (1914–1993) photographs of the liberation of Berlin and the first days of peace are a unique discovery, both photographically and historically. The images of the utterly destroyed city, its inhabitants, and the daily lives of the Russian troops, captured without any pathos or propaganda, depict the longing for peace and the reality of war with a humanistic perspective, offering us today a genuine eyewitness account.

2019, Münzenberg Forum (Berlin, Germany)