Fortress Madonna

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tigersqn
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Fortress Madonna

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Post by tigersqn » 22 Aug 2004, 00:41

I just finished reading Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad and came across mention of the "Fortress Madonna", a supposedly haunting image painted on the back of a Red Army map by Dr Kurt Reuber at Christmas while trapped in the Stalingrad Kessel.
According to Beevor, the painting was smuggled out of Stalingrad by a 16th Pz Div battalion commander and now hangs in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.

Would anybody have more info on this piece or better yet a photo of it ??

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Re: Fortress Madonna

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Post by FB » 24 Aug 2004, 08:44

tigersqn wrote:I just finished reading Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad and came across mention of the "Fortress Madonna", a supposedly haunting image painted on the back of a Red Army map by Dr Kurt Reuber at Christmas while trapped in the Stalingrad Kessel.
According to Beevor, the painting was smuggled out of Stalingrad by a 16th Pz Div battalion commander and now hangs in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin.

Would anybody have more info on this piece or better yet a photo of it ??
Maybe this one?

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Just in case it does not show up, here's the link to the page where I found it: http://www.pcusa.org/2003advent/madonna.htm

Best regards


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