Summer 1941: In occupied areas the german soldiers are celebrated as liberators from stalin's bolshevistic dictatorship. the fact that this state didn't last was not the soldier's fault but a result of nazi race-politics.

Hoping for Liberation from Bolshevism

SS-Standartenführer (his final rank) Walter Harzer (1912-1982), as 1st staff officer (1a) he was stand-in leading the 9th SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Hohenstaufen&quot; during allied Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Note the  captured British (?) jeep he's using, photo was taken &lt;b&gt;after&lt;/b&gt; OP Market Garden.

Walter Harzer, autumn 1944

A SdKfz. 223 of the 10th Panzer-Division in Moshaisk, about 100km (about 60 miles) from Moscow. The signpost tells the distances to other european cities, unfortunately the sign of berlin is covered.