Monument Fraternization (Sbratření) by Czech sculptor Karel Pokorný (1948-1950) in the Vrchlického Gardens in Prague, Czech Republic. The controversial homoerotic statue depicts as the Czechoslovak man passionately kissing the Red Army soldier in May 1945.

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