Before dawn on June 22, 1941, some 3 million German troops, 3,600 tanks and 2,700 planes swarmed into the Soviet Union. Over the next couple days, as Soviet troops were overwhelmed by the Nazi advance ...

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An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine are turning to Soviet World War II posters to spread their message of fighting against Ukrainian "fascists" in ...

The horrors and heroism of World War II are given a fresh look in an Art Institute of Chicago exhibition of rediscovered Soviet propaganda posters that depict Hitler as bloodthirsty, anxious and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, after the ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The horrors and heroism of World War Two are given a fresh look in an Art Institute of Chicago exhibition of rediscovered Soviet propaganda posters, which depict Hitler as ...

Two discoveries, one in the Chicago Art Institute, and one following the disbandment of the British Communist Party have both recently led to the resurfacing of large caches of Soviet propaganda ...

An extraordinary discovery was made in 1997 at the Art Institute of Chicago: 26 thick rolls of paper, which crumbled to the touch, were found at the back of a cupboard. After being put in a humidity ...