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The commander of the southern group of German forces on the eastern front, General
Manstein, has fled with his staff to Romania.
Inscribed on the sign:
To Romania; To the USSR
Manstein heads west,
Manstein doesn’t want to rest.
He rushes directly to Jassy,
But he can’t sit still in Jassy.
The transit passenger moans:
“Where shall I run? What a small world!”
Dimensions
187 × 86.1 cm (73 5/8 × 33 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number
2010.85
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