The Soviet servicemen were given a warm send off by the population of the German Democratic Republic. Our photo shows Gustav Otto, a German Democratic Republic. Our photo shows Gustav Otto, a German worker, speaking at a farewell meeting. He thanked the Soviet soldiers for their unselfish assistance, for the contribution they made to the building of a new, Socialist Germany. No, it was not as conquerors that the Soviet soldiers came to the country, but as brothers. It is they that put an end to the horrors of Hitler's sinister reign. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies