German Invasion of the Crimea, 1942

Deutscher Einmarsch auf der Krim, 1942

After the invasion of the Crimea by the Wehrmacht in 1942, Soviet symbols and statues were removed from the public space. The photograph shows a sculpture of Lenin with a warning notice in front of it in German and Russian, announcing the confiscation of the bust.


A bust of Lenin with a warning notice, Crimea, black-and-white photograph, 1942, photographer: Horst Grund (1915–2001); image source: Deutsches Bundesarchiv, N 1603 Bild-271, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.