Stalingrad Attack
Georgi Zelma’s photograph of soldiers charging up Mamayev Hill with their guns at the ready became one of the iconic photographs of Soviet heroism in the battle of Stalingrad. What draws the eye, however, is the total devastation into which they are headed, the smoke-filled ruins of what was once a busy, vibrant city.
Credits
Georgi Zelma / Slava Katamidze Collection / Hulton Archive / Getty Images.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 9.
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