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11-28-2020, 09:05 PM
#141
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11-28-2020 09:05 PM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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11-28-2020, 09:20 PM
#142
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11-28-2020, 11:59 PM
#143
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11-29-2020, 12:01 AM
#144
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11-29-2020, 12:11 AM
#145
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11-29-2020, 09:40 AM
#146
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11-29-2020, 09:45 AM
#147
Actually, this that I have shared is a work of collecting images of several years. Then I divide them into large groups related to the same place in a city and try to give them a logical order.
A collage this morning with some of my photographs
I have not visited, nor do I know the city of Smolensk and although in this case the German maps of the city have been of great help to me, really (as I did in other USSR Geography threads such as Kiev) I formed the city and its shape in my head, reading and looking at the photos. The more I research and discover new things, the clearer the city becomes in my imagination.
If anyone knows the city, it is possible that they will find out if I have made a mistake, I hope they will excuse me for that.
I have uploaded and shared about seven hundred photos and maps of this place in Russia and its history under a look as the eyes and camera lenses of German soldiers had it. I hope you enjoyed it. If so, for me it will have been worth the effort
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11-29-2020, 09:55 AM
#148
The German occupation of the city of Smolensk, like that of any other Soviet city that remained in the German rear during the war, was brutal. Thousands of its inhabitants paid for it with their lives. And my works, like this one, are not intended to whitewash those dark areas of history.
But I like to believe that among so many thousands of soldiers there were many decent guys, young Germans who felt pity for the suffering of Russian civilians and, to the best of their ability, helped those people in those years of steel.
I do not doubt that men with aesthetic sensibilities such as the three soldier painters of whom we have spoken and others like them, understood the nobility of the Russian soul. I want to believe that it was so.
All the soldiers in the photos have already died.
Perhaps some of those children, now elderly, remember a soldier who treated them as all children should always be treated. With love, even in the middle of a terrible war.
I want the farewell of this thread to be with the photo of a German soldier with two little Russians, who knows, maybe those children survived the war.
And with another current image: that of the symbol of that city, the Cathedral of the Assumption
Thank you all for having followed. I wish all the forum friends and their families the best after this tough year.
Stay safe, friends.
Best regards
Santi
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11-29-2020, 04:29 PM
#149
Well done Santi. You should be proud of the work you did here.
I can't imagine how many hours you must have spent going through
old photos and researching all of this. It is a great thread, that I found
very interesting even if I have no connection to that area what so ever.
gregM
Live to ride -- Ride to live
I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
myself around.
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11-29-2020, 04:39 PM
#150
Excellent work Santi!!!!
Thank you.
Semper Fi
Phil
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