Hello all I have this photo in a Wehrmacht album and would like to know if anyone knows which city this monument may be. I have a close up of the inscription if this will help. Thanks in advance. Mike
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close up of the inscripttion.. Thanks in advance! Mike -
http://www.qedata.se/e_js_lettlandsgalleri.htm says that this is the Freedom monument in Riga, Latvia.Comment
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Thanks Zach! Really appreciate the information
MikeOriginally posted by ZachHardenComment
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Your quite welcome. BTW, here is a hint that I was able to use in order to find the information for you. If you notice on the top of the monument, there is a lady holding three stars. These same stars appear on the national arms of Latvia.Comment
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Yes it is Riga... I have seen this one several times IRL.Comment
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I want to thanks you all for helping me on this. As a side note I was watching Jeopardy last week and this was one of the video questions, got it right..lol
I have another photo from the same album. I pulled up a Riga site to see if I could locate this here but to no avail. Anyway any help would be appreciated. thanks. Mike!Comment
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What is interesting is this Castle(?). Very distinctive and I have it in 2 different albums. I know it is in the northern climes as in one of my albums the river is frozen solid..
oh it is taken from the above bridge..Comment
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Here is a "frozen" version from a Luft signals album....Comment
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Surprised that no one has had any info on this as it looked like something that would have survived the war and been a architecual landmark. Thanks again for looking. MikeComment
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My first hunch would be to say Novgorod. Maybe Vladimir or Suzdal. The problem is there are so many of these type churches all over western Russia. You would have to bump into someone who specifically knows which one this exact one is.Comment
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This is an ancient Russian City of Pskov. Germans called it Pleskau. The bridge is over the River Velikaya.Comment
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And the curch is a Troitskiy soborComment
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