The Elbe Bridge handshake photograph, also known as the "East Meets West" photograph, is a staged World War II photograph taken by American photographer Allan Jackson at Torgau, Germany, on April 26,
Staged photograph of the American-Soviet link-up on the Elbe River bridge near Torgau, Germany, April 26, 1945. The photograph was taken the day after the initial contact between American and Soviet.
Bernard E. Kirschenbaum's handwritten entry in the Torgau visitors' log, April 25, 1995, identifying himself as the American soldier in the Elbe photograph.
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Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen.
Elbe Bridge handshake photograph
…handshake photograph, also known as the "East Meets West" photograph, is a staged World War II photograph taken by American photographer Allan Jackson at Torgau, Germany, on April 26, 1945. It depicts American and Soviet soldiers meeting on the damaged Elbe bridge the day after American and Soviet forces made…
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