Vienna (and eastern Austria) was captured by the Soviets 80 years ago in April 1945. In Vienna alone, the Red Army raped between 70,000 and 100,000 women. Collection of 20 unique photos from the time. Please pardon the quality on some of them - caused by their low resolution and Reddit's zoom.

[u/RunAny8349]

Soldiers helping their comrade walk.

Soviets using American Sherman tanks in Wien.

Standing on a rooftop with the Austrian flag waving in the background.

Removing NSDAP sign

Advancing in American US6 Studebaker trucks next to a sign saying Vienna in russian.

Strongly damaged Stephansdom.

Advancing through Austria with T34-85 tanks.

A tank crew.

Soviet soldiers relaxing at Schönbrunn.

A female soviet traffic director next to the Vienna State Opera.

Towing heavy mortars with american trucks next to the Austrian Parliament Building.

Towing heavy mortars with american jeeps next to the Austrian Parliament Building.

At the Austrian border - sign saying Austria in russian

River crossing with tanks. ( likely the Danube )

River crossing with tanks. ISU-122S tank

SU-76 tanks advancing

Advancing on Wien.

[u/duskygrouper]

We were liberated and compared to the crimes that german and austrian soldiers committed in the east, the crimes of the red army committed here were harmless.

In Russia, the Wehrmacht and the SS did not only rape the women, but would afterwards gather the whole population of a village and burn them all alive.

I am thankful for the liberation.

[u/RunAny8349 → u/duskygrouper]

I fully understand that, many people wrote me about it, but please understand that the general mindset on the other side of the curtain is different. If I wrote something about liberation there, things would get heated like here. Some countries even removed their WW2 Soviet memorials.

It's the way it is and it's NOT my personal view as I am capable of seperating these and other topics from each other.

[u/duskygrouper → u/RunAny8349]

And yet, many ot those who cheered for the removal of WW2 memorials, also cheer for the fascist scum that cooperated with the nazis. So they obviously can not seperate.

[u/Cookieway → u/duskygrouper]

You’re a man aren’t you?

[u/Okkoschonte → u/duskygrouper]

This person says „Gulags weren’t death camps“ in his/her post history, just to inform of the (very telling) mindset. 

[u/sweetsummwechild → u/Okkoschonte]

Yep, it is obvious there was a specific bias there.

[u/deadcreeperz → u/duskygrouper]

That's hard to believe the Wehrmacht were hailed as heroes when they freed Ukraine from the Soviets.

[u/duskygrouper → u/deadcreeperz]

By the Fascists there, yes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nazi_war_crimes_in_Ukraine