IJN Atago Feb 12, 1932. My favourite Heavy cruiser class.

Heavy Cruiser Atago

this photo was taken in april/may 1943 in the ghetto of warsaw during the abolition of the jewish uprising. the commanding officer on german side is the 3rd soldier from the left: brigadeführer jürgen stroop. he confirmed the death of 37359 jews until the end of april. because of his crimes against humanity he was executed in warsaw (mokotow-prison) in 1952. Thanks to 'flamethrowerguy' for the caption!