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May 6th, 2008, 09:24 AM
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May 8th, 2008, 08:20 AM
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Nice work on the photos Paul...they're amazing.
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May 14th, 2008, 11:41 AM
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May 14th, 2008, 11:51 AM
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Obviously taken pretty early in the offensive when the red Air force was caught napping. Great pics all the same!!
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May 14th, 2008, 12:50 PM
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Jim, I think a lot of these were just that and thus why they survived the war. When my father was captured he and every other man with him were searched and all photographs found in their possession, including those of family, were dropped in piles on the ground in front of them.
These were then gathered up and placed in a large bag and taken away. I read a few years back that the NKVD had issued orders that political officers with all front line Soviet units were required to gather all photos found on the dead and captured to be sent back to Moscow. According to the article, this was done in part to gather information, but the greater reason it stated was that the Soviet government was very concerned about photographs of large numbers of Russian POWs or large amounts of captured or destroyed Russian equipment circulating. It stated that one chief concern of the communists was that photos of smiling Soviet citizens in German occupied areas was contrary to the official story that all resisted. It was also thought that some of these photos were used by the communists as evidence against individuals and entire villages as proof of collaboration.
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May 15th, 2008, 04:47 AM
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The plight of the civilians in the occupied territories is a terrible one. They suffered greatly under German Occupation and then again just as they thought they had been liberated. Very sad.
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May 15th, 2008, 05:03 AM
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