Somehow we always focus on the wrong things. We all know this picture. It symbolises the Fall of Berlin in 1945. Germany defeated by the Red Army. The flag of the Soviet Union is hoisted on the German Reichstag. A world famous image.
But who is the soldier in the picture? You know, the human...?
On January 10, 2008, the 85 year old former Sergeant Michael Minin passed away. It was he who hoisted the flag of the Sovjet Union on the Reichstag in the early hours of May 1, 1945.
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