Superb thread! Thank you very much.
Cheers, Ade.
Superb thread! Thank you very much.
Cheers, Ade.
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Due to the proximity of Novgorod to the scene of this thread and as there are not too many images of this city during WWII I am going to upload here, to close the thread, what I can share about Novgorod.
Veliky Novgorod (Russian: Вели́кий Но́вгород, Known as Novgorod the Great, or Novgorod Veliky, or just Novgorod (meaning "newtown")
Is one of the oldest and most important historic cities in Russia, with more than 1,000 years of history.
Administrative capital of the Novgorod Oblast.
Its population in 2010 was 218,000 inhabitants.
Located 190 kilometers southwest of Saint Petersburg.
The city lies along the Volkhov River just downstream from its outflow from Lake Ilmen and is situated on the
Conquered by the Germans in August 15th 1941.
It was liberated by the Red Army on January 19, 1944.
The conquest of Nowgorod 08.15.1941
A column of German cyclists enters the captured Novgorod. August 1941
Wehrmacht captures the Novgorod Kremlin. August 1941
Soldiers in the city
The Saint Sophia Cathedral
The truth is that the city suffered terrible devastation during the German occupation. And the Russian Millennium Monument, and its many bronze statues was dismantled and the statues were scattered on the esplanade of the city's Kremlim.
Picture titled "The Flight of the Nazis from Novgorod", by the Russian painter Kukryniksy, 1944-1946.
The cathedral bells were also removed from the temple and some were broken.
Picture of what the Novgorod Kremlin looked like after liberation in January 1944
The Millennium and the Cathedral of Saint Sophia are a must for tourists who go to Novgorod.
To the German military cemetery in Pnkovka - Novgorod, several hundred bodies of Spanish soldiers from the Blue Division have been transferred from numerous minor burials in the sector.
There is a monument that remembers the Spanish fallen. Relatives and descendants of those soldiers organize summer visits.
Until next time, mates.
Santi
I could not finish this thread without talking about something that could also be included in the "German Soldier's Trench Art" section because it is probably one of the most characteristic objects of this soldier craft, of the entire war.
I mean the Volkhov’s stocks.
I have collected a few images of these curious objects that are almost always displayed with pride and satisfaction by their owners.
The strocks were carved by soldiers for their senior ranks, and by wounded soldiers who spent their time crafting these individual works of art as an remembrance piece for time serving in the Volkov´s Front.
The wood used was indigenous to the area: light and resistant and each cane is a unique piece. Some are very simple, but others are true works of art of wood carving.
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Sometimes there are curious details like misspelled names or swastikas carved inside out on wood.
Traditional early sticks are four-sided with a top hand knob and taper from top to bottom. The sticks would carry geometric designs and Wehrmacht-style eagles and other details that make each one special.
The most common variant is a round stick, carved in essentially the same way.
Last edited by TabsTabs1964; 08-01-2020 at 01:28 PM.
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