Victory Banner Over the Reichstag: Film, Document and Ritual in Russia's Contested Memory of World War II by Jeremy Hicks

Russian and East European Studies

Victory Banner Over the Reichstag: Film, Document and Ritual in Russia's Contested Memory of World War II

Jeremy Hicks

340 pages hardcover

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nonfiction history medium-paced
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In one of the most iconic images from World War II, a Russian soldier raises a red flag atop the ruins of the German Reichstag on April 30, 1945. Known as the Victory Banner, this piece of fabric has come to symbolize Russian triumph, glory, and p...

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