Photo by Major General of Justice I.T. Nikitchenko, photograph by E. Khaldey

A beautiful artistic picture taken by the hand of the most famous Soviet photographer – the author of the famous picture "The Banner of Victory over By the Reichstag" by Evgeny Khaldei (1916-1997). The photo was taken during Chaldea's participation in the Nuremberg trials as a photojournalist, where his photographs were one of the physical evidence. Pictures of authorship Evgeny Ananyevich's prints are extremely rare, authentic prints are always highly sought-after lots at any auction, and personal items sell for tens of thousands of dollars (for example, in 2014 his Watering Can was sold at a Bonhams auction for 200 thousand dollars). Size 235* 155 mm. The reverse side is clean. Guarantee of authenticity.

Ion Timofeevich Nikitchenko (June 28, 1895, Tuzlukov — April 22, 1967, Moscow) was a Soviet lawyer, Major General of Justice (1943), member of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg from the USSR, judge of the Supreme Court of the USSR. He was appointed a member of the International Military Tribunal from the USSR and participated in the Nuremberg trials until October 1946. He was a proponent of a quick trial of Nazi criminals without particularly careful observance of procedural formalities. According to some reports, he said: "The whole point of the Nuremberg trials is to ensure swift and fair punishment for crimes." Under the chairmanship of I. T. Nikitchenko, the first (administrative) meeting of the International Tribunal opened on October 18, 1945 in Berlin. During the drafting of the Tribunal's verdict, at the suggestion of I. T. Nikitchenko, the section on the racist theories of the Nazis, on the aggressive ideas of Mein Kampf, and on plans to take over Europe and especially its eastern part was expanded. After the verdict was announced, I. T. Nikitchenko expressed his dissenting opinion, disagreeing with the acquittal of von Papen, Fritsche and Schacht, an extremely lenient punishment, in the opinion of the Soviet side, for Hess, who was sentenced to life imprisonment (Nikitchenko demanded the death penalty for Hess), as well as the refusal of the Tribunal to recognize the government cabinet, the General Prosecutor, as criminal organizations. Headquarters and High Command of the German Armed Forces.