Fill in the blanks

[Tom Y]

I got this photo today of Russian and German soldiers, probably in the Spring of 1918.

[Tom Y]

On the back it says, "Austausch den Zeitungen zwischen G____ungen am R(ie?)g__" Exchange of newspapers between ???

[Tom Y]

And finally, the paper itself. Bolshevik propaganda?

[Tom Y]

Note the poor sans culotte holding the papers

[Eric K.]

I'd hate to walk around in that terrain barefoot!

Eric

[fussel]

On the back it says, "Austausch den Zeitungen zwischen G____ungen am R(ie?)g__" Exchange of newspapers between ???

the names youre looking for are Halburg (at least thats what i think, its a bit difficult to read) and Rieger (im sure about that)

[Kurt Doench]

Could it be "Austausch der Zeitungen zwischen den Stellung[en] vor Riega"
(Newspaper exchange between the lines in front of Riga)? The pluran ending "-en" is not clearly there, also the town name is mis-spelled (correctly: Riga).

Anybody have a better idea?

Cheers,

Karl

[fussel]

i think karl got it! ive looked up the alphabet (http://www.peter-doerling.de/Lese/Sutterlin0.htm)

but it still does look like "rieger"

[Tom Y]

Yup, got it now. That swoop on the S had me fooled. The last word looks like Rieger to me too, but I thought I'd better check.

[Rick Research]

Karl's right!

An EXTREMELY interesting POLITICAL photo, Tom! The newspaper appears to be under the masthead "Tovarich" (Comrade) and the fact that the barefoot soldier is still wearing his cap cockade makes me think this is 1917 and the Kerensky interlude.

[Tom Y]

Karl's right!

An EXTREMELY interesting POLITICAL photo, Tom! The newspaper appears to be under the masthead "Tovarich" (Comrade) and the fact that the barefoot soldier is still wearing his cap cockade makes me think this is 1917 and the Kerensky interlude.

POLITICAL Glad I didn't post it on Die Kneipe 1917 would make more sense. By the time the leaves were on the trees in 1918 in Riga the Germans would have been on the Western Front.

[Rick Research]

Memorializing the distribution of subversive revolutionary lit'rature... you ought to be ashamed of yourself!!!!