Friedensverhandlungen in Brest-Litowsk (1918)

Peace Negotiations in Brest-Litowsk

1. Intertitle: Germans and Ukrainians greet Trotsky and the Russian delegates at the railway station. Image: The Russian delegation, including Trotsky, enters the cars arranged by the Germans. 2. Intertitle: Russian and Ukrainian delegates with the German and Austrian officers on their way back from the joint visit to the officers' mess. Image: Delegates and officers, some smoking, in front of the officers' mess. 3. Intertitle: The delegates repair to the session. Image: Delegates enter the conference building, incl. the Austrian delegation, headed by Field Marshal von Csicserics. 4. Intertitle: The Austrian delegation led by Field Marshal H.E. von Csicserics. Image: The Austrian delegation group enters the conference building. 5. Intertitle: The Russian delegates. Image: Russian delegates drive by in an open car, including Mrs. A.A. Bicenko. 6. Intertitle: The Russian teletyper, the direct connection between Brest-Litovsk – St. Petersburg. Image: Russian soldiers work at the teletyper. 7. Intertitle: Leaving the building at the end of the session. Image: Leon Trotsky, General Max Hoffmann, Secretary of State Richard von Kühlmann, Foreign Minister Ottokar Count Czernin, Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, Hakki Pasha, Colonel Gantshev and other delegates leave the negotiations building (officers' mess 3 of the Eastern Commander-in-Chief). 8. Intertitle: Trotsky. Image: Trotsky leaves the negotiations building. 9. Intertitle: General Hoffmann, Secretary of State H.E. von Kühlmann, H.E. Foreign Minister Count Czernin, H.M. the Grand Vizier Talaat Pasha, H.M. Hakki Pasha, Colonel Gantshev, as well as other delegates. Image: Those named leave the building. 10. Intertitle: The negotiations building. Image: The negotiations building in the snow. 11. Intertitle: Friendly relations between the German and Russian soldiers at the front. Image: Fraternisation between German and Russian soldiers on the Eastern Front near Dünaburg; Russians enter the German emplacement; group photographs with German and Russian soldiers. 12. Intertitle: Trade by barter on the German-Russian front. Image: Group photographs with German and Russian soldiers; trade by barter amongst the soldiers.