Photos of battle for Brno reshot in today’s streets

by Michal Kašpárek on April 24, 2009

Let this small gallery commemorate the bloody events preceding April 26, 1945, the day the Red Army conquered Brno.

Soldiers burying a comrade in front of Mahen's theatre

A war victim being buried in front of Mahen's theatre. Note the missing pillar.

Horse artillery going down the Milady Horákové st.

Horse artillery going down the Milady Horákové st.

Red Army passing trough Tišnovská st. for a battle at Soběšice

Red Army passing trough Tišnovská st. for a battle at Soběšice.

The pictures have been reprinted from Vojtěch Žampach’s book about the events of April 1945, called “Směr Brno” (“Direction: Brno”). I was directly inspired by Jason Powell’s gallery Looking into the past.

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