POTSDAM CONFERENCE TO REDRAW EUROPE’S BORDERS
Berlin Suburb of Potsdam, Germany • July 17, 1945 After Nazi Germany’s fuehrer (leader) Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945; and after Hitler’s political successor Reich President Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz agreed to the unconditional surrender of all German armed forces on May 7 and 8, 1945; and after Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander…