Its all propaganda, but

[expat]

One of three Red Army soldiers in a famed 1945 photograph that depicts the Soviet flag being lifted over Berlin's Reichstag has died at age 93, Russian officials said on Wednesday.

Matt

[Fozzer]

Excellent read, Matt... ...!

I've saved the Newspaper in my "News" Folder.

As an avid enthusiast, and collector of his films, I was fascinated to read the Werner Herzog article!

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100213-25239.html

Paul.

[expat]

Excellent read, Matt... ...!

I've saved the Newspaper in my "News" Folder.

As an avid enthusiast, and collector of his films, I was fascinated to read the Werner Herzog article!

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100213-25239.html

Paul.

The Local is on my daily news site list. Although reading the German papers is no problem for me, I find written German to be so flowery that sometimes it is hard to find the actual news story. The Local gets to the point.


Matt

[WebbPA]

[quote]The photograph was staged for propaganda purposes and shot after Red Army soldiers had already captured the building, but it nonetheless became an iconic symbol of the Soviet Union's triumphant victory over Nazi Germany.

When photographer Khaldei developed the negatives, he realized that one of the three Soviet soldiers on the roof was wearing two watches, one on each wrist

[specter177]

I believe I played that guy in COD 5.

[beaky]

I believe I played that guy in COD 5.

"For ourselves... and for Mother Russia...!"



It's not much more phony than the famous picture of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima... that photo was staged, when a flag was raised to replace the one that was first raised in the heat of combat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_th ... n_Iwo_Jima

[WebbPA]

Did you read the article?

[beaky]

[quote]Did you read the article?