History of Germany; 1945 / End of the Second World War.German civilians who have killed themselves on a park bench in the Tiergarten in Berlin. Quote (translated) from the photographer Yevgeny Khaldei: "I went to the small park in front of the parliament building to photograph the passing soldiers. Suddenly I saw a strange scene on a park bench. There sat a woman killed by two shots in the temple and in the neck. A boy; about 15 years old; and a girl were also on the bench."Photo; 1945.