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40. A column of prisoners on the streets of Berlin. In the foreground is “Germany’s last hope”, the boy from the Hitler Youth and the

 

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41. Soviet children clean the boots of German soldiers. Bialystok, Belarus. November 1942.

 

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41. Soviet children clean the boots of German soldiers. Bialystok, Belarus. November 1942.

42. Thirteen-year-old scout and partisan Fyodor Moshchev. The author’s capture to the photo – “A boy was given a German rifle”. Probably, it’s a standard Mauser 98K with a sawed-off butt so that it was easy for the boy to handle it. October 1942.

 

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43. The commander of the infantry battalion, Major Romanenko (in the center) tells about the military affairs of a young scout, Corporal Vitya Zhavoronok. In 1941 Vitya joined the partisan unit. In 1943 he voluntarily entered one of the Red Army units. For participation in the battles with fascists was awarded the Red Star. Starcevo, Yugoslavia. October 1944.

 

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44. Young partisan Peter Gurko. The Pskov-Novgorod partisan zone. 1942.

 

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45. The commander of the partisan group awards a medal “For Bravery” to a young partisan. 1942.

 

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46. Young Soviet partisan Nickolai Lubich with the captured German 9-mm submachine gun MP-38 in the winter forest. Nikolai Lubich survived the war and lived to the old age. 1943.

 

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47. The portrait of a 15-year-old partisan and scout, Misha Petrov, with the captured German 9-mm submachine gun MP-38. The soldier is girded with the belt of Wehrmacht soldiers, in a boot is the RGD-33 grenade. Belarus, 1943.

 

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48. The son of the regiment, Volodya Tarnovsky, with comrades in Berlin. May 1945.

 

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49. Volodya Tarnovsky with comrades in Berlin.

 

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50. Volodya Tarnovsky puts an autograph on a column of the Reichstag. He wrote: “Seversky Donets – Berlin “, and signed for himself and his brother-soldier who supported him.

 

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51. The son of the regiment.

 

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52. Sergeant Vaynshenker and tech-sergeant William Topps with the son of the regiment of the 169th Airbase of special purpose. The name is unknown, 10 years old, served as an assistant technician. Poltava airfield, Ukraine. 1944.

 

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53. The Hero of the Soviet Union, Major Yakov Antonov surrounded by German pilots who listen attentively to their colleague. It’s evident that the conversation is professional. 25.08.1942.