Children of the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1943)

The face of a girl wrapped in a shawl.

The body of a Leningrad schoolgirl killed during a German bombing raid.

Children descend into a bomb shelter.

Children board a ship during the evacuation, sailors help them.

Children sitting on bundles and suitcases before the evacuation by water.

A sketch of a triumphal arch in honor of the soldiers who defended Leningrad.

An architect works on a triumphal arch during the siege.

A window curtain rises.

Burnt houses outside the window.

Fires in Leningrad.

The score of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7. The Leningrad Philharmonic Hall, a sparse audience, the surviving musicians perform Symphony No. 7 after 30 years.

The faces of the applauding audience (panorama).

The conductor bows to the audience.

View of the orchestra and the hall (from above).

The conductor raises his baton.

Empty seats for musicians.

Hitler and Mussolini meeting near a train car.

Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, and other leaders of Nazi Germany during a meeting at headquarters.

The first tram begins service after the first winter of the siege in April 1942. Residents of Leningrad on Nevsky Prospekt in the spring of 1942. Kindergarten children on a walk.

View of a section of Nevsky Prospekt (from above).

Red Army infantry and tanks on the march during the offensive on the Leningrad Front in the spring of 1943.