The Commissar Vanishes:
The Falsification of Photographs
and Art in the Soviet Union
by David King
I'm reminded of the picture original published in a Soviet encyclopedia. It showed five Russian fighters standing on a hill in winter, smiling after victory.
Years later, when one of the men fell out of Soviet favor (and out of sight), the encyclopedia publisher sent out the annual "updates". Recipients were to paste the updated data over the old. One included a picture of the men, still standing on the hill-side. In this "update" there were only four men, the man in the middle having been conveniently "removed" with a marginally clever touch-up.
The Commissar Vanishes:
The Falsification of Photographs
and Art in the Soviet Union
by David King
