attempting to rape a pregnant woman; pulling her hair with one hand whilst pushing a pistol into her mouth. Authorities removed the artwork because it had been erected without an official permit, but there was widespread interest in many online publications. The act promoted an angry reaction from the Russian ambassador in Poland. See also Allied war crimes during World War II Anti-communist mass killings Crimes against humanity under communist regimes Destruction battalions Evacuation of East Prussia Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union German war crimes Italian war crimes Japanese POWs in the Soviet Union Japanese war crimes Mass killings under communist regimes List of Soviet Union perpetrated war crimes Mass graves in the Soviet Union Mass operations of the NKVD Nemmersdorf massacre NKVD prisoner massacres Operation Frühlingserwachen Population transfer in the Soviet Union Red Terror Russian war crimes Soviet occupation United States war crimes War crimes and atrocities of the Waffen-SS War crimes of the Wehrmacht Notes References Sources Marta Hillers, A Woman in Berlin: Six Weeks in the Conquered City Translated by Anthes Bell, Antony Beevor, Berlin: The Downfall 1945, Penguin Books, 2002, Bergstrom, Christer (2007). Barbarossa – The Air Battle: July–December 1941. London: Chevron/Ian Allan. . Bergstrom does make a point of noting that crimes against PoWs, and specifically against captured aircrew, were pretty universal in World War II. Steve Hall and Lionel Quinlan (2000). KG55: Greif Geshwader. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. Max Hastings, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944–1945, Chapter 10: Blood and Ice: East Prussia Fisch, Bernhard, Nemmersdorf, Oktober 1944. Was in Ostpreußen tatsächlich geschah. Berlin: 1997. . (about most of the Nemmersdorf atrocity having been set up by Goebbels) John Toland, The Last 100 Days, Chapter Two: Five Minutes before Midnight Norman M. Naimark, The Russians in Germany: A History of the Soviet Zone of Occupation, 1945–1949. Harvard University Press, 1995. Catherine Merridale, Ivan's War, the Red Army 1939–1945, London: Faber and Faber, 2005, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939–1945 (in Wikipedia). Preface by Professor Howard Levie. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. . New revised edition with Picton Press, Rockland, Maine, . Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, A Terrible Revenge. The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European Germans, 1944–1950, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994, Elizabeth B. Walter, Barefoot in the Rubble 1997, External links The forgotten victims of WWII: Masculinities and rape in Berlin, 1945, James W. Messerschmidt,