The daily life of the occupied Smolensk in color

During the Great Patriotic War from July 10 to September 10, the Smolensk battle took place on September 1941, which significantly delayed the German offensive against Moscow. The defense of the city itself lasted from July 15 to July 28. 16 July 1941 city was occupied by German troops. The Smolensk archive of the regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was exported to Germany and after the war came to the United States, giving the Western public a first impression of the scale of repressions unfolded in the USSR

Smolensk was liberated from the Germans on September 25 by 1943 during the Smolensk-Roslavl operation.

Comments

[Anatoly]

Yeah .... Peering into each photo, somewhere inside, it catches.

[Lech e-mine]

this is our story and our fathers and grandfathers are there.

[Andrey77]

Who is the poster "HITLER liberator" for? In the West of Ukraine it is relevant, but in Smolensk?

[Styx]

The color photographs of those years are especially impressive ... thanks

[kosmos84]

the temples are beautiful! similar to Pskov, was in Pskov and was glad that neither the Germans nor the Bolsheviks destroyed such beauty

[go_by]

Hometown, however ...
The poster "I settled well in Germany" evokes a variety of associations ...

[Galina]

What are the "different associations"? Its meaning is "the happy life of a Russian person" under the leadership of an enlightened Europe according to European standards. For honest work - a bowl of stew and, a happy expression on his face.
Now it’s the same, only the Russians are already dreaming about
this.

[Lech e-mine]

AHA rus arbayten.

[go_by]

Associations?
A large number of female students with whom I studied in Smolensk married Germans and left for Vaterland. Familiar Jews went there too. In general ... "not badly settled" ... Almost literal quote from soap ...
Well, other associations, smaller ...

[J_silver]

Yes, there are those who want to profitably sell their homeland ...

[Denis]

During the Great Patriotic War from July 10 to September 10, the Smolensk battle took place on September 1941, which significantly delayed the German offensive against Moscow. The defense of the city itself lasted from July 15 to July 28. 16 July 1941 city was occupied by German troops. The Smolensk archive of the regional committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was exported to Germany and after the war came to the United States, giving the Western public a first impression of the scale of repressions unfolded in the USSR
great photos, but the introduction ..
for the author, the results of defense are equivalent and what the Pindos learned!?!?!?
may be enough "revelations"?
how not to recall the words of our teacher of scientific communism when he was asked about the XX Congress: "We admitted mistakes and do not ... talk about it more"

[APASUS]

Who knows what DV means in some pictures?

[dred]

yes sorry for the Smolensk.

[Commissar]

Smolyan, recognizable places today.

[Strategy]

To understand everything in these pictures, you have to live at that time and in that place. And the posters were calculated ...