Victims of a heavy German artillery shell on the Nevsky prospekt

Victims of a heavy German artillery shell on the Nevsky prospekt in Leningrad on August 8, 1943. On that day the tram was behind schedule and a big crowd amassed at the stop. In a single explosion 12 people were killed and 43 were wounded.
Firefighters hosing the blood off the pavement and MPVO soldiers loading dead bodies on trucks.








Alexander Shmidke

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