&quot;Tragedy in the swamps. A Soviet soldier committed suicide, assumedly out of fear of capture or because he couldn't stand his misery anymore, 1942.&quot; Original photo caption by the German photographer. Photo taken in the Volkhov pocket, Northern Russia. Conditions for the encircled Soviet troops were described as horrible, the soldiers suffered from hunger, sicknesses and the barren conditions of the swamp area in general.

Soviet soldier committed suicide

The bodies of the Italian dictator,Benito Mussolini,and his mistress,Clara Petacci in a Milan morgue in May 1945.There bodies were strung up in Milan's Piazza Loretto for public degradation.Mussolini was captured and shot by partisans on April 28.(rudeerude)

Mussolini in a Milan morgue

A Jewish boy has a look of fear as a SS soldier with a slight smirk prepares to cut the Jewish boys hair.(rudeerude)