The end of war in Čimelice

Alexander Paul, well-known Czechoslowak photographer, documented in a unique way the meeting of german, american and russian armed forces in Čimelice in May 1945.
The negatives rollfilms 6×6, was found in 80 ´s when the Alexander Paul´s atelier was removed. They are documenting incidents between April 29 and May 15 when the war had just ended and all the European countries celebrated peace after signing german capitulation. The german army consisted of 70 000 soldiers stopped near south bohemian willage Cimelice and it was necessary to disarm them. There are over 200 of BW historical snapshots, that reveals the arrival of Americans, disarming the germans and then the russian troups. We can see Paul´s experiences as a reporter phographer on the taken snapshots: they reveal us the atmosphere of the special moment of arriving the american troups, the tension through disarming process and local people- many of them is possible to recognize.
Opening times: mo 13-17, tue, we, thur 9-12 and 13-17, fri 9-15