Richard Beckman

This is a view of the library at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, German. The Potsdam Conference meetings took place at Cecilienhof.

This is a view of the British entrance at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany.

This is a view of the British entrance at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany.

A session of the Potsdam Conference takes place at Cecilienhof. Soviet President Joseph Stalin is seated near the center, wearing white. Seated around the table, counter-clockwise from Stalin are: unidentified Soviet official; Andre Gromyko, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of State James Byrnes, and President Harry S. Truman. Prime Minister Clement Attlee is in the lower right corner, directly opposite the British flag. Seated on Stalin's left is Vyacheslav Molotov. Others are unidentified.

This is a view of the courtyard at Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany. The floral star in the center of the courtyard was described as red by Richard Beckman.

This is a view of the lower hall of Cecilienhof in Potsdam, Germany where President Harry S. Truman stayed during the Potsdam Conference. The Potsdam Conference meetings took place at Cecilienhof.

Agent Marvin Krans of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment poses for a photo while stationed in Berlin, Germany.

Three unknown men that were part of Richard Beckman's unit sit in the sun porch of the home they stayed in while stationed in Berlin, Germany.

Captain David Ginsburg, United States Army, served as the legal adviser to Joseph Dodge, who was a part of the Securities and Exchange Commission on German currency after World War II at the Potsdam Conference.

Captain David Ginsburg, United States Army (left) is seated next to Chief Agent Milton Knoll of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment. Ginsburg was legal adviser to Joseph Dodge of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kroll was the chief agent of the US Army CID stationed in Berlin, Germany leading up to the Potsdam Conference.