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“Looking out across the broad expanse of snow, I can visualise the graves – the thousands upon thousands of graves, each marked with a steel helmet upon a wooden cross – stretching to eternity through the Russian winter …” quote by Heinz Knocke — Download Open image

““Looking out across the broad expanse of snow, I can visualise the graves – the thousands upon thousands of graves, each marked with a steel helmet upon a wooden cross – stretching to eternity through the Russian winter …””

Heinz Knocke

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