A 1953 Kiev II with German parts (?)

Oh, I made a mistake. On the photograph is a square near the Jena Volkshaus.

Here you can find another picture of this scene from another angle off view (last page) http://www.zeiss.de/content/dam/Corporate/history/PDFs/20-jahre-buch_auszug.pdf
Dated by June 1945.

Many thanks for this very clear explanation, Altix!
I think it will be useful to all of us.

Amitiйs. Jacques.

Altix,

Thank you very much for this expanded timeline, I was missing a several important new details from my timeline that you kindly provided from your research which is absolutely fascinating! I wish I had time to put together a comprehensive article on this subject, the information just begs to be consolidated in one place and not the forum. Maybe someday .

Jed, amazing picture, thank you for the link!

Best regards,
Vlad.