And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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I saw the photograph without seeing the caption, and thought of "Metropolis," Fritz Lang's 1927 classic. I could imagine this being a set in that movie.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely shot pre-1945 and visits by the RAF and the 8th Air Force.
ReplyDeletedo you know where it is now? War Prize.
ReplyDeleteStolen and carried to England.
DeleteStill is the greatest there...