File:VE day Jerusalem 1945 (cropped 3-2).jpg

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English: A picture of Barclay's Bank, on VE Day, in Jerusalem, Palestine.

Slightly cropped from original at the Library of Congress.

Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day or VE Day) was May 7 and May 8, 1945, the dates when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Victory Day (Russia)- May 9.
עברית: כיכר צה"ל, ירושלים, תקופת המנדט, הדגלים והקישוטים הם לכבוד יום הניצחון באירופה (VE [Victory in Europe] Day).
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V.E. Day, Barclay's Bank, day pictures
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1 negative: safety film / 4 × 5 in (10.1 × 12.7 cm).
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  • Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.
  • Title and date from: photographer's logbook: Matson Registers, v. 2, [1940-1946].
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID matpc.12586.
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Public domain This work is from the Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.
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