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The funeral of a child who died of starvation in besieged Leningrad

Spring 1942. The funeral of a child who died of starvation in Nazi-besieged Leningrad. Russian women carry the corpse, wrapped in a sheet, to the burial site. Children say goodbye forever with his friend.

Photography Location: Leningrad
Time taken: 25 April 1942
Author: Vsevolod Tarasevich