'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow
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A downed Nazi war plane is displayed outside the Metropol Hotel in Moscow in 1941, after Germany invaded the Soviet Union.During World War II, Western journalists covering the Soviet side of the war were largely confined to the hotel and were not permitted to go near the frontlines.Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE P 'The Red Hotel' tells the story of Western journalists who were largely confined to Moscow's Metropol Hotel as they attempted to cover the Soviet side of World War II.
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