Executed surrender(!!!)Landser(second class iron cross awarded)  corpse.After the breakout of the Budapest city siege 1945

Surrendering

Execution

This one is from my grandfather's private &quot;Russia album&quot; which means it has never been published before, I'd like to share it with you guys anyway. The pictures shows the burnt and swollen body of a Soviet artilleryman, even the clothes have been burnt completely. The light howitzer in the back was destroyed, the tire on the left also burned. At the right edge of the picture you can see parts of a notorious Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher (German nickname: Stalinorgel = Stalin's organ). (ftg)