Autographs of Yalta Conference Members Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.

CHURCHILL, Winston.

Item Number: 32011

Autographs of the three world leaders that met at the historic 1945 Yalta Conference held in Crimea. Signed by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, “October 7, 1948. W. Churchill”; President Franklin D. Roosevelt in full on a White House card; and Joseph Stalin on a clipped Stalin Prize Certificate with the USSR Seal, “J. Stalin” and “Y. Chadev” of the Council of the People’s Commisars. Matted and framed with an original photograph of the three members of the conference. The entire piece measures 22.5 inches by 22.5 inches. Signatures of Stalin are exceedingly scarce.

The Yalta Conference was held in the Crimea in February of 1945 brought together the 'Big Three' Allied leaders of WWII. The conference's aim was to negotiate the terms of the End of WWII and Europe's postwar reorganization, most importantly the defeat of Nazi Germany and re-establishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany. In his Address to Congress on the Yalta Conference on March 1, 1945, President Roosevelt stated, "There were two main purposes in this Crimea Conference. The first was to bring defeat to Germany with the greatest possible speed, and the smallest possible loss of Allied men. That purpose is now being carried out in great force. The German Army, and the German people, are feeling the ever-increasing might of our fighting men and of the Allied armies. Every hour gives us added pride in the heroic advance of our troops in Germany—on German soil—toward a meeting with the gallant Red Army. The second purpose was to continue to build the foundation for an international accord that would bring order and security after the chaos of the war, that would give some assurance of lasting peace among the Nations of the world".