[lbo-talk] Reichstag photo

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Mon Jun 16 13:16:09 PDT 2008


John Norem writes:

BERLIN (AP) — It's an iconic image of World War II: Berlin has fallen and Soviet soldiers are hoisting the red flag over the Reichstag.

What most people don't realize, however, is that the photograph isn't capturing the historic moment. Yevgeni Khaldei staged the scene on May 2, 1945 — three days after the Soviets captured Germany's parliament building. ============================ A sequel for Clint Eastwood: "Flags of their Fathers".



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