A dead German soldier in a trench after a Canadian assault.  Some held out until the bitter end, while many Ost troops looked for a quick end to their involvement in the war by surrendering.

Dead German soldier

SS-Obergruppenführer, served as an SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union. Jeckeln led one of the largest collection of Einsatzgruppen and was personally responsible for ordering the deaths of over 100,000 Jews. Hanged at Riga on February 3, 1946

Friedrich Jeckeln

German soldiers moving up to the front. Northern France, summer 1944. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-301-1952-10)