German Forces

For you zee war is over

chaplain in the US 9th Armored Division Colour by Doug

“These young German soldiers, likely taken directly from the rank of a local Hitler Youth group, were captured somewhere outside of Leipzig Germany in May of 1945. The emotion and raw sadness of the war can be seen in the eyes of the boy smoking the cigaThe recent discovery of a 600+ negative grouping from a chaplain in the US 9th Armored Division yielded this gem of an image.rette in the left side of the photo. They can’t be more than eight or nine years old.”