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Let me introduce your attention the incredible Old collective ww2 military photo of Soviet secret police agencies (Smersh), extreme rare, original photo ww2, 10*16 cm. On the back of the photo there is the inscription on Russian “От командования части. На память о днях Великой отечественной войны 1941-1945. 07.07.45. 3-я ДКР” means ”From the command of the unit. In memory of the days of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. 07.07.45. 3rd DKR”. SMERSH (Russian: СМЕРШ, short for "Death to Spies!") was an umbrella organization for three independent counter-intelligence agencies in the Red Army formed in late 1942 or even earlier, but officially announced only on 14 April 1943. The main reason for its creation was to subvert the attempts by German forces to infiltrate the Red Army on the Eastern Front. The counterintelligence department (Департамент контрразведки (ДКР) on Russian). The 3rd Department had the task of capturing German spies in the rear and organizing radio games with their help. More information is here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMERSH