The innocent bereaved of war: russian woman with grandchild, photo taken by a german soldier in 1941.

The bereaved

this was an outdoor soup kitchen in Berlin before the war, with the reparations cost and the Depression's grip on the whole world, it is easier to see how a guy like Hitler came to power.  I used to ask my Dad" how come we build their stuff back after we fight with people? when I was a kid. I see now that if you leave people like this, thats how they remember you, and all you leave is that hatred

Soup Kitchen

A village near Rshev/Russia. A child was killed during the fightings. The women carry the dead kid in an open coffin to the grave. The boy on the left hauls the coffin lid, the girl behind him -in Russian-orthodox tradition- carries the icon.