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Erich Lessing | Anderswo Meeting of the Allied Council of Austria. Caps of the four occupation powers. At the end of the war the Allies : USA, Great-Britain, France and Soviet Union occupied the country. Vienna, Austria. 1 (...)
Erich Lessing | Anderswo Prague's Stalin-monument high above the Vltava. Prague, Czechoslovakia. 1956. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo Outside of the former central office of 'Szabad Nép', crowds try to catch the first edition of 'Függetlenség' (Independence). Budapest, Hungary. 1956. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo The Turkish minority who were expelled from Bulgaria under communist government pressure, arrive by train at Edirne railway station. Between 1950-51 about 100 000 people fled to Turkey. Edirne, Tur (...)
Erich Lessing | Anderswo In Vienna's quadripartite first district. Army photographers document the monthly change of guard among occupation powers US and Soviet officers. Vienna, Austria. 1954. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo Sunday gloom in Nova Huta, an industrial town built after World War II. The Nova Huta steel mill was the pride and flagship of the heavy industry in Communist Poland. Nova Huta, Poland. 1956. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo Children playing in the upper Silesia region, which was the center of Polish coal mining. Bytom, Poland. 1956. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo A kindergarden outing. The poster in the background reads 'Onward under the guidance of the working-class, towards the fulfillment of the Seven-Year Plan'. Dresden, Germany. 1959. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing POLAND. Sopot. 1956. First election of a beauty-queen in Communist Poland. The contest for the title of 'Miss Sopot' drew such huge crowds that it had to be moved to the roof of the casino of that (...)
Erich Lessing | Anderswo On Vaci Street angry crowds have stormed the Soviet Cultural shop and burnt the literature and propaganda material. Budapest, Hungry. 1956 © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo Insurgents on a Hungarian tank, surrounded by joyous citizens who did not know the Soviet retreat, announced for October 31, 1956, was only feigned. Budapest, Hungry. 1956. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos
Erich Lessing | Anderswo Hamburg dockworkers looking at a newly-launched tanker at the shipyard. Hamburg, West Germany. 1958. © Erich Lessing | Magnum Photos