The Europe of Vasily Grossman, the founder of a second tradition of comparison, was one in which the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were at war. Grossman, a fiction writer who became a Soviet war correspondent, saw many of the important battles on the eastern front, and evidence of all of the major German (and […]
Tag: Life and Fate
Sergey Larenkov has overlaid recent photographs of St. Petersburg with pictures taken during the Leningrad siege of World War II. In keeping the same location and perspective, the juxtaposition can be eerie and moving. Not all the combinations work, but the ones that do are a fascinating blend of past and present. Part One Part […]