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Re:Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day by torpor on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @05:52AM (#1570656)
I live in Vienna, and am constantly on the lookout for signs of the old wars. Its a very sobering experience to walk down some street and then realize later that was the site of intense street fighting and massacre.
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Re:Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day by pvg on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @09:10AM (#1570970)
There are, I believe, buildings in Vienna where the bullet holes are left unplastered and the cyrillic graffiti left by Soviet soldiers can still be read. At least, there were when I lived there a decade or so ago.

And, of course, there is this

http://pics.livejournal.com/sergey_larenkov/pic/0005twp2

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Re:Ghost of WWII: 1940's meticulously overlaid on modern day by ahoyhere on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @09:26AM (#1571005)
Yes, there are a few. The most recent one I saw was in the 5th district, by the Schlossquadrat, on a backstreet. It had a plaque.
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