Burning houses in Kholm, 1942

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A burning wooden house on the outskirts of Kholm. It was probably hit by Soviet artillery. During the encirclement battle of Kholm the "Kampfgruppe Scherer" successfully defended the city for 105 days. (A photo of the Propaganda Company (PK) by war correspondent Richard Muck, who flew into the pocket at the beginning of March).

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Date:

01.03.1942

31.05.1942

Location:

Russia

Image ID:

00400625

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4957px x 3422px

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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

Copyright Notice:

SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Collection:

Historical archives

From collection:

The Kholm and Demyansk Pocket, 1942

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Keywords:

40s Army Army Group North Artillery Fire Battle of Kholm Burning Eastern Campaign Eastern Front Flames German German Reich German-Soviet War Germany Great Patriotic War Heeresgruppe Nord Historical House In Flames Kholm Log Cabin Military Northern Section of The Eastern Front Novgorod Oblast Pocket of Kholm Red Army Russia Russian Campaign Second World War Smoke Soviet Union Theodor Scherer War Wehrmacht Winter Wood Wooden Hut World War World War II

Headline:

Burning houses in Kholm, 1942

Date:

01.03.1942

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Image ID:

00400625