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Old July 8th, 2008, 03:10 AM
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A machine gun crew from the 5th Waffen SS Div. Wiking in Russia
The man with the yellow armband is a Russian POW volunteer know as a "Hiwi"
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I have never seen a colour photo of the yellow arm band. Nice shots.
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I have never seen a colour photo of the yellow arm band. Nice shots.
Thanks Bill. The armband caught my eye too.
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Fallschirmjäger with a British prisoner on Crete
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Aussie Diggers guarding Fallschrimjäger prisoners in Italy
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Image0057.jpg

SS officer interrogates Yugoslav prisoners, 1941.


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A Yugoslav officer, probably a Serb, questioned by a motorcyclist. The interpreter is a local ethnic German (Volksdeutscher).


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The following are all British POW's in Greece. The last photo shows them being loaded onto a train bound for a POW camp in Germany. 1941.


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