The Siege of Leningrad, Nazis and the Untold History of World War II in Russia and Estonia
A trip to Northern Europe and the former Soviet Union uncovers buried truths about Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust—and reminds us of the power of travel to astound.

A statue of Josef Stalin in Moscow’s Park of Fallen Heroes. (Sandy Tolan)

Red Square in Moscow. (Sandy Tolan)

Diorama depicting the 900-day Siege of Leningrad, at the State Museum of St. Petersburg’s History. (Sandy Tolan)

Children’s drawings at the State Museum of St. Petersburg’s History. (Sandy Tolan)

One of the dead in the Siege of Leningrad. (Sandy Tolan)

Memorial scroll from President Franklin Roosevelt sent to the people of Leningrad in May 1944. (Sandy Tolan)
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