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In the picture, Marshal Zhukov
Looks stern. “Are the Germans here?”
“They’re awaiting orders.” “Let them come in!”
The Germans – three, of the highest rank,
For the reasons everybody knows
Grimly scratch out with their pens.
Having lost the war, in Berlin
They have added their signature, “Kaput!”
Dimensions
146 × 123.5 cm (57 1/2 × 48 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number
2010.165
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