German Invasion of the Crimea, 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 Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.