AN ICONIC IMAGE

Raising a flag over the Reichstag

The photo was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei, depicts two men raising the flag of the Soviet Union on top of the Reichstag building in Berlin.

La foto va ser capturada per Yevgeny Khaldei, representa dos persones pujant un edifici de la Unió Soviètica a lo mes alt del edifici Reichstag en Berlín.

The Red Army considered the Reichstag the symbol of the Nazism, even though it had been sitting closed and damaged since the Reichstag fire in 1933. The Soviet army captured the Reichstag on May 2nd.

L'exercit vermell considerava el Reichstag el símbol del Nazisme, tot i que van ser maltractats i danyats des de l'incendi del Reichstag en el 1933. L'exercit Sovietic havia capurat el Reichstag el 2 de Maig.

There was a pressure for Stalin to take the Reichstag in time for International Workers’ Day on May 1st and reports were received from Marshal G.K. Zhukov stating his troops had captured the Reichstag and hoisted a flag but when correspondents arrived there were no Soviets to be found in the building.

Va haver una pressió perquè Stalin per agafar el Reichstag a temps pel Dia Internacional dels Treballadors en el 1 de maig i es van rebre informes del mariscal G.K. Zhukov afirmant que les seves tropes havien capturat el Reichstag i aixecant una bandera, però quan van arribar els corresponsals no hi havia soviètics que es trobaven a l’edifici.

Khaldei scaled the Reichstag to take his picture on May 2nd, with a large flag sewn from three tablecloths by his uncle specifically for this purpose. The official story was told that two soldiers were handpicked; Meliton Kantaria and Michail Yegorov, to raise the flag over the Reichstag but the photographer stated he simply asked two soldiers, who happened to be passing by to help with staging the photograph.

Khaldei va escalar el Reichstag per fer la foto el 2 de Maig, amb una gran bandera cosida per tres estóvales per un oncle específicamente per aquest propósito. La historia oficial es va explicar que dos soldats van ser encollits a mà. Meliton Kantaria i Michail Yegorov, per aixecar la bandera sobre el Reichstag però el fotograf va declalar que només va preguntar a dos soldats que passaven per ajudar-los en la posada de la escena de la foto.

 It was published in Ogonyok magazine on May 13th, 1945 and became one of the most recognized symbols of Nazi defeat at the end of the Second World War.

 Va ser publicada en la revista Ogonyok el 13 de Mig del 1945 i va ser un dels símbolS nazis al final de la S.G.M.