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The year 1945 is without equal in the history of the 20th century. It is the year that marked the end of the Second World War and with it the "Third Reich." The liberation of Germany and Europe from the murderous grip of National Socialism and fascism also set the stage for a new world order. The historical milestones of the year--from the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the start of the Nuremberg Trials-- were captured by the world's most prominent photojournalists and photographers, most prominently Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Jewgeni Chaldej, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Lee Miller, Georgi Petrussow, George Rodger, and August Sander. 1945 - Icons of a Year is a compilation of 108 famous, at times shocking, photographs of the events of these turbulent months in world affairs.