Stalingrad Madonna
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The Stalingrad Madonna is an image of the Virgin Mary drawn by a German soldier, Kurt Reuber, in 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. The original is displayed in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church,
The Stalingrad Madonna
Kurt Reuber, self-portrait made in Stalingrad
Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia was a grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II and member of the House of Hohenzollern, which occupied the Prussian and German thrones until the abolition of those monarchies i
Stalingrad Madonna
…encouraged Reuber's surviving children to donate the work to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. Springer, Reuber's three children, and Prince Louis Ferdinand (in his role as chair of the Memorial Church board of trustees) attended the dedication ceremony in August 1983. The drawing and Reuber's letters were…
Studio portrait, c. 1927