Victory Banner Over the Reichstag

Film, Document, and Ritual in Russia’s Contested Memory of World War II

Jeremy Hicks author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press

Published:28th Apr '21

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Victory Banner Over the Reichstag cover

One of the iconic images of WWII was a Russian soldier raising a red flag atop the ruins of the German Reichstag. Award-winning author Hicks explores how the Soviets, and then Putin, have used this image and the banner itself to build a remarkably powerful mythology of Russian greatness.

ISBN: 9780822946502

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296 pages