Hi
For what it is worth at this very late stage, another caption for the photo is:
English: A captured Panzergrenadier of the Hitlerjugend taken by a Canadian Intelligence Unit during the fighting for Caen. The official Public Archives of Canada caption for this photo taken a month after the activities in question, contains no information about the prisoner other than his division. Note: both allied soldiers are wearing the British P-1944 "Turtle" Mk III steel helmet, which was introduced shortly before D-Day. The Mk III helmet was much superior to the conventional "Brodie" helmet normally worn by British & Commonwealth soldiers. The soldier nearest the camera is holding a .303" Lee Enfield rifle in his right hand.
Date 9 August 1944
Source Public Archives of Canada image, copyright expired.
Author Unknown
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Copyright expired. As a pre-1946 Canadian image, also public domain in the United States
Regards
Dennis
Story behind this 12th SS photo
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Re: Story behind this 12th SS photo
I find the emotion that this image creates by some is unbelievable, a bloody face does not suggest a war crime. There is no proof.
This should not even be in the Holocaust & 20th Century War Crimes section. Soldiers get injured in war. There are many scenarios.
1. A hand grenade could have gone off near him
2. The vehicle could have blown up.
3. He may have been in hand to hand combat (gloves off)
Him being beaten up is purely an naive assumption,
This should not even be in the Holocaust & 20th Century War Crimes section. Soldiers get injured in war. There are many scenarios.
1. A hand grenade could have gone off near him
2. The vehicle could have blown up.
3. He may have been in hand to hand combat (gloves off)
Him being beaten up is purely an naive assumption,
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Re: Story behind this 12th SS photo
5 pages of thread because a German was beat up?
This is war. POWs are routinely shot and if lucky they're beaten. What planet do you live on?
In fact Hitleryouth division I believe had higher chance of being taken POW than other SS who were shot on sight, because the HJ division were teens, which had an effect on the soldiers they were surrendering to. Of course some didnt care and shot them anyway.
This is war. POWs are routinely shot and if lucky they're beaten. What planet do you live on?
In fact Hitleryouth division I believe had higher chance of being taken POW than other SS who were shot on sight, because the HJ division were teens, which had an effect on the soldiers they were surrendering to. Of course some didnt care and shot them anyway.