Stalin's Announcement of Victory over Germany, 10 May 1945, in News from the Motherland, a news bulletin published by the USSR Embassy in France for Soviet POWs liberated from German captivity.
The size is approx. 24" x 17" unfolded. The front page has three vitally important pieces of information framing Stalin's portrait center-page. The largest one is his address to the Soviet people announcing victory over Germany and slipping into the jubilation the promise that, from now on, "the great banner of freedom and world peace" will soar over Europe. Hungary tried to disagree in 1956, Czechoslovakia - in 1968. Everyone knows how that ended. The second article is the text of Germany's capitulation act, signed in Berlin on 8 May, just two days before this bulletin's issue. And the
The size is approx. 24" x 17" unfolded. The front page has three vitally important pieces of information framing Stalin's portrait center-page. The largest one is his address to the Soviet people announcing victory over Germany and slipping into the jubilation the promise that, from now on, "the great banner of freedom and world peace" will soar over Europe. Hungary tried to disagree in 1956, Czechoslovakia - in 1968. Everyone knows how that ended. The second article is the text of Germany's capitulation act, signed in Berlin on 8 May, just two days before this bulletin's issue. And the third piece of news, framed right under Stalin's portrait, is the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR announcing the 9th of May to be celebrated as Victory Day.
Page Two is all about the fall of Berlin, and Marshal Zhukov's role in it. After that come joyful news from the Motherland: restoration work, resumed manufacturing production, collective farms seeding and planting for the new crop, reopening schools and parks, music and festivities all across the Soviet Union. Optimistic photos of construction work in the city of Kharkiv, symbolic of the eternal indestructible friendship between the two Slavic peoples. There is hope even in the very last piece where Soviet POWs in France are searching for their relatives while they are still in the POW camps for the Soviets in France.
All to encourage these POWs to return into the warm embrace of their land, and their caring government. How ironic that only a small portion of them understood that the formula POW = coward + traitor = GULAG will be applied to them once they step on Soviet ground. Many of those who did feel it, were still hopeful and returned.
In very good condition. The paper has been stored folded for a long time and acquired small tears and separations at the edges and fold lines. The paper is evenly age-toned and still quite pliant, not too dry. All the text and graphics are crisp, clear and perfectly legible.
Please note that the pen in our photo is for size reference.
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