Pictures from a German soldier’s album were shown in Hrodna Religion History Museum.
On the eve of June 22, a small exhibition devoted to the beginning of the war between Germany and the USSR opened in the museum lobby. At several booths were displayed photos, documents, awards of both the German and the Soviet side.
Attention was drawn by a collection of German soldier photos made in July and August 1941 during the offensive which was going through Belarus.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217296″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]ID from occupied Slonim[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217292″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Endless columns of Soviet POWs[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217288″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Minute of silence during offensive[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217284″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Its journey is over[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217280″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]The road to the east[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217260″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Hrodna tobacco[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Parts of uniform and awards[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217256″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Heaps of brick and tin – all that remained of the house[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217252″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Near blown up bridge[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This collection was passed to museum workers by their colleagues at customs a few years ago. All the pictures are of small size – 6 by 9 centimeters – with edges cut according to the latest fashion.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217248″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Typing machine in the woods – a report or a letter home[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217244″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]At the map[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217240″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]German language textbook for Belarusians[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217236″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Popular German military magazine[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217232″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Smoke break[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217228″ img_size=”large”][vc_single_image image=”217224″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Crossing[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217220″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Roadside picnic[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217216″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Break near the Mir Castle[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Fate and even the name of the soldier who made the photos are, unfortunately, not known. Judging by his uniform at the photos, he most likely served in the air-field formations of the Luftwaffe. They were a part of the infantry, which formally belonged to the Air Force. In the photo you can see every day life scenes, funerals, handing out of awards, the Red Army POWs, crossings and fires.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217212″ img_size=”large”][vc_single_image image=”217208″ img_size=”large”][vc_single_image image=”217204″ img_size=”large”][vc_single_image image=”217200″ img_size=”large”][vc_single_image image=”217196″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Destroyed Belarusian cities and businesses[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217192″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Fireworks during the funeral[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217188″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Fellow soldier with burnt hands[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Visitors can also see the German military awards, the German language textbooks for Belarusians, even a package of tobacco made during the German occupation of the Hrodna Tobacco Factory.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217184″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Soviet helmet on a stick – the tomb of the unknown soldier[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217180″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Soviet aircraft in a ditch by the highway[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217176″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Friendship[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217172″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Plate with the image of Hrodna church[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217168″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Plate with the image of Old Castle[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217164″ img_size=”large”][vc_single_image image=”217160″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Award ceremony[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”217156″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Destroyed Soviet aircraft which never took off[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Another interesting thing from the exhibition – a set of two painted wooden plates with the image of the Old Castle and the Lutheran church in Hrodna – also the work of German soldiers. A few years ago, the museum acquired these exhibits from one of the local collectors.
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