Liberation of Vienna (1945.04)

Soviet troops fight in the streets of Vienna, artillery fires at the enemy.

Rocket launchers fire from the center of Vienna.

Panorama of the center of liberated Vienna (top).

Damage to the architectural decorations of St.

Stephen's Cathedral.

Surviving historical monuments of Vienna.

View of St.

Stephen's Cathedral.

View of one of the ancient streets of Vienna.

A memorial plaque in honor of Mozart on the wall of the building.

Sculptural decorations on a stone fence.

A manhole cover with Nazi symbols.

Viennese residents throw Nazi flags out of their windows, a bonfire of flags on the sidewalk.

Refugees return home.

A cart loaded with belongings passes.

French prisoners of war are walking home.

Viennese residents tidy up one of the streets.

A man with an eye patch passes.

Soviet sappers provide assistance in the restoration of the city.

Leaflets are distributed on the street.

People on St.

Stephen's Square (panorama).

Marshal of the Soviet Union F.I. Tolbukhin, commander of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, stands in the square near St.

Stephen's Cathedral.

Tolbukhin stands near the cathedral's columns.

Representatives of the Soviet command and Vienna's city authorities attend the Austrian flag-raising ceremony.

The Austrian flag hangs from a flagpole.