Throwing of the Nazi banners at the feet of Lenin in his resting place - the most powerful symbolic gesture of the socialist tri

Throwing of the Nazi banners at the feet of Lenin in his resting place - the most powerful symbolic gesture of the socialist triumph over fascism It is difficult to say who exactly came up with the idea of ​​throwing fascist banners at the foot of the Mausoleum. According to one version, the Soviet historian Tarle reminded Stalin of the Roman tradition of throwing the banners of a defeated enemy at the feet of Caesar or the victorious commander. General Shtemenko also claimed that the idea was voiced by Stalin, who said: “We must bring Hitler’s banners to the parade and shamefully throw them at the feet of the victors. Think about how to do this.” This was nothing new for Russian military tradition. The great Suvorov practiced the “execution” of captured banners as an act of “neglect not of the enemy, but of his defeated military distinctions.” About 900 enemy banners and standarts collected by the SMERSH military counterintelligence trophy teams in the area of ​​operations of the 1... Source: Beorn and The Shieldmaiden