Red Army troops push forward against Nazi forces in this depiction of battle at the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev, Ukraine. Learn more about the Weekly Photo Challenge here. Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward
In a quiet park near the Dorohozhychi metro station in Kiev lies a ravine named Babi Yar. In places the ditch is filled in by streets, apartment buildings and and spoil from construction of the nearby underground subway. In 1941 this ravine was well outside the city limits of Kiev and there was no urban development. The ravine ran for miles. Along the park paths today mothers walk their babies in strollers and lovers sit on benches holding hands. But during the period between 1941 – 1943 as many as 150,000 Jews, Soviet POWs, communists, and gypsies were brought to the site and massacred by Nazis. Continue reading “Babi Yar”
One of the most impressive features of the Kiev skyline is the monumental, overwhelming, completely over-the-top Mother Motherland Statue overlooking the Dnieper River. This statue sits atop a museum dedicated to the Great Patriotic War (World War II). It stands 203 feet tall and is larger than the Statue of Liberty. Gazing on this structure is a vivid reminder of the continuing influence of the former Soviet Union on Central and Eastern Europe. Continue reading “Big Mama Motherland”
On his last day aboard the AMA DOLCE, Kongo visits the German city of Nuremberg in the state of Bavaria. Nuremberg was almost completely destroyed by Allied bombing in World War II since it was known as the heart of the Nazi movement, a strategic rail center, and a source of industry for the Nazi war machine. The fountain above, built in 1499, was one of the few original works to survive in the old downtown area and it was completely covered with a protective concrete blast wall. Continue reading “Nuremberg”
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