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Remarkable paintings of the Nazi war effort produced by a reluctant propaganda artist who tried to avoid painting the swastika have come to light for the first time in 76 years.
The family of Hans Liska, who once used champagne to mix with paint due to a lack of water, are digitising 40 of his wartime paintings.
Many of them have not been seen since they appeared in German propaganda magazines during the Second World War.
One striking painting from the family archive shows the fierce Battle of Berlin in 1945 which he witnessed from a radio tower.
Downed British pilots can be seen bailing out from the blazing aircrafts in their parachutes.