Two First Lieutenants of 1st SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH offer the capitulation of their division. The austrian Alps, May 1945.

Offering capitulation

The young man on the right is the rather well-known German author Guenther Grass, who in 1945 and aged 17 was conscripted into the Waffen SS division Frundsberg. He only saw action for a couple of months and probably never even fired a shot, yet it caused quite a ruckus in Germany when he decided to drag this particular skeleton out of his closet a short while ago.

Guenther Grass

Grenadiers of 1st SS with an anti-tank rifle. The Puszta/Hungary, 1945.