WW2 German - photos from private albums of German soldiers

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[MrShenyang]

Real People living their lives. Hard to believe that all of those pictured are now gone, but not forgotten, thanks to photo albums like this one. Thank You.

[justdoingitjim]

For most of these young men, this was their first Christmas away from home. For some is was their last Christmas! RIP young warriors!

[derekstynes]

So many pre war photos of DAF as well as lots of services, thanks so many I had not seen before .

[LordDeliverUs]

The silence in this powerful video speaks for itself.

[giostisskylas]

You can look at it politically however you like, but back then the best part of the population of Germany, Russia, England and France bled to death in the battles and carpet bombings of WWII. If we could look back on history from 1945 WITH these people, Western/Christian civilization in Europe would not be doomed. We miss these men and women today. As far as the future of Europe is concerned, that was Hitler's greatest crime.

[blondkatze]

It`s sad to see a thatched roof house burning there. It reminds me of a story that my maternal grandfather told, he was stationed in Hungary as a soldier in the German Wehrmacht and was always treated kindly and kindly by the local population. Some soldiers didn`t treat people so well, they would be thrown out of their beds. And he had also personally seen at hatched roof house being set on fire. He found that very bad. Unfortunately my other grandfather died at the battle of Stalingrad (Russia). We were never able to get to know him. An interesting collection of pictures of WWII. RIP to all soldiers no matter which nation was killed in this senseless war.🙏❤

[chrislee]

Great photos.
Hit 'pause' and then 'right-arrow' thru the images to avoid getting dizzy from the pics sliding in.

[CountryFenderBass]

My Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division. Panzerjager Abt 43 Company 1. He was one of the original members when it went into France. He stayed in the same unit until they surrendered in Brno 1945. His nickname was the Der Alter Hase” “The old hare”

[marekryszard]

I like that there's no annoying soundtrack.

[OBXN]

When I was young and heard stories told by my French mother and her friends, all natives of northern France, it was easy to see the people in these pictures as not only enemies but actually crazy people. Now, decades later, it's difficult to see these people as anything other than sensible and no different from my American Army father and his fellow American soldiers.
It is a stark lesson that normal people can be persuaded to become monsters during hard circumstances if monstrous demagogues like Hitler, Mao, Pol Pot, Mussolini, Stalin etc are around to exploit them.

[hoschie]

R.i.P. Alle Soldaten aller Nationen. Nie wieder...

[marilynnusbaum]

Always astounded by the VAST WASTE of WAR - men sent to the slaughter …

[leddyzee]

Magnificent collection, thank you for posting.

[BrutalEnough]

The most interesting thing to see is that the people then looked much older and mature than people of the same age today

[mike]

A bit quick! And how about some captions. Other vise thanks for up loading.😉

[stevesmolik]

What would be interesting to see is the “Then and now” comparison pictures of the buildings and surroundings and how it has changed.

[mugurelparaschiv]

Hard times for common people! Respect & RIP!

[tlt]

At 2:27 in the background are buildings which look very similar to concentration camp barracks. Any idea of the background on on this photo? BTW..I subscribed. Keep them coming and the color is great IMO.

[robertdacquisto]

These pictures always give me chills but they are so interesting. It's hard to believe sometimes but these were real people, living a real life trying to provide for their families, find work, etc. And then they are caught up in this unbelievably immense war, many of them losing their lives. I also like them because I try to decipher the medals, weapons, etc.

[davidofglenbrook]

I wonder how many of those men were still alive in June 1945?