/r/GermanWW2photos

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A subreddit dedicated to German photos and portraits from the period of 1933-1946 (dates are flexible)

GERMAN WW2 PORTRAITS & PHOTOS!

A History sub for the study of Germany during the Second World War. Here we look at the men, the equipment, and the build up to war. We also study the many war crimes and horrific atrocities which they carried out.

           RULES 

Rules:

  1. Keep Conversations Civil. Many of us are here because of our love for WWII, especially when it comes to the German military. Thus we hope to evoke great discussion on all aspects relating to WWII German photos and history. However we'd like to keep these conversations civil and not turn the comments into an internet battlefield. If someone is bothering you or you feel is being to much, etc, either talk it out, down vote the comment, or just ignore it. If you feel its gotten out of hand, flag the comment as such.
  2. Be Respectful This rule is fairly simple. Just be respectful to others opinions even if you don't agree with them. Their is a down vote button for a reason.
  3. No current politics to be discussed (Historical debates around images or places are exempt) Please no modern politics or anything of the such. For example comparing a modern politician to Hitler, etc. However discussion relating to politics at the time is perfectly fine.
  4. No Holocaust Denying. We cannot stress this enough. We do not tolerate in any form the denial of the Holocaust (The persecution and murder of millions of people deemed inferior by the NAZI's and SS) Breaking of this rule will result in an immediate temporary ban and a 2nd offense will result in a perma ban from the subreddit.
  5. New Reddit accounts will be screened Due to a high number of trolls combined with the sensitive nature of the material discussed on this Subreddit all accounts less than 2 months old will have their comments and posts automatically removed so they may be screened by a moderator.
  6. Include location and date of Photo Whenever Possible When posting please give a date and location whenever possible. The preferred format is as follows. Description of image, location, date. Please try to be as objective as possible, though you may be as subjective as you want in the comments.
  7. Posts must be on topic. As you can guess by the sub's name r/GermanWW2Photos is for pictures of relating to Germany between the years of 1933 and 1946. Photos of Allied or other Axis forces should be posted on r/wwiipics, r/wwiiPlanes, etc. Photos of Allied POW's taken by German photographers are permitted.
  8. This is neither a Neo-Nazi nor an Apologist Sub We want to be quite clear on the fact that this is not a Neo-Nazi nor a Nazi Apologist sub. While Nazi Germany holds a deep historical interest for us we fully acknowledge the horrors it inflicted upon the world and hope to learn from them, not celebrate them.
  9. Postings of medals, documents, equipment and other of era items are allowed. Postings of medals, documents, equipment and other of era items are allowed, however, please keep posting of that nature to a minimum and don't flood the sub with it.
  10. Historical Accuracy As a history sub we value accuracy. Obviously there will be debate, and the occasional myth will accidentally crop up, and that's fine. However blatant falsehoods such as those that promote the myth of the Clean Wehrmacht will be subject to removal. Continual promotion of myths may result in a ban.
  11. Post war pictures of equipment, soldiers and locations are allowed While the main focus of this sub remains on of era photos relating to the Third Reich, we welcome postings of pictures related to equipment used in the post war (most common example Panzer IV in Middle East), veteran soldiers of the war, and modern day locations that relate to the war or the Third Reich.

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MG 34 team in action on the Eastern Front in 1942

8 Comments
2024/04/19
20:37 UTC

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Two Trawniki men peer into a doorway past the bodies of Jews killed during the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The Trawniki were were Central and Eastern European Nazi collaborators, and were often recruited from among Red Army soldiers captured in the Soviet border regions in 1941.

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2024/04/19
13:20 UTC

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Soviet tanker surrendering to a pair of Romanian infantrymen

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2024/04/19
11:09 UTC

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A German soldier sits on the ruins of the Reichstag on May 9, 1945, Berlin, Germany

17 Comments
2024/04/19
11:03 UTC

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1938 European Rowing Championships in Milan: German coxed four - members of Ruder Verein Wratislavia Breslau: Ulrich Kleiner, Heinz Lückenga, Walter Gotthardt and Paul Jung; coxswain Fritz Bauer; they won the Gold Medal.

1 Comment
2024/04/19
06:47 UTC

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A German soldier and Arab Askaris pose with a knocked out Allied vehicle, 1941.

3 Comments
2024/04/19
05:47 UTC

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Me 109s take cover under the bridge - Messerschmitt Bf 109E4 8.JG3 Black 5 shortly before the Western Campagne and invasion of France- at Wesel, 1 April 1940

1 Comment
2024/04/18
15:49 UTC

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German soldiers in Paris (August 1944) by Dougbanksee

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2024/04/18
15:47 UTC

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German personnel wait for reassignment on the side of a road near Rocroi, France as a half-track pulling a 88mm gun drives by.Original Color Photo.LIFE Magazine Archives - Hugo Jaeger Photographer.1940

0 Comments
2024/04/18
07:32 UTC

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Polish Jews rounded up and detained by the German Army.

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2024/04/18
06:44 UTC

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A Danish woman watches as a German Leichter Panzerspähwagen passes through the city of Viborg on their advance northward. April 12, 1940

5 Comments
2024/04/17
14:13 UTC

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Generaloberst Alfred Jodl arrested by British troops from A Company, 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment. He was executed at Nuremberg in 1946. Germany. 23 May 1945.

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2024/04/17
13:10 UTC

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All three Deutschland Class , (Panzerschiffs) In the Kiel Fjord, Admiral Graf Spee, Admiral Scheer and Deutschland, 1938-1939.

4 Comments
2024/04/17
08:48 UTC

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A German soldier staring down a Jewish civilian.

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2024/04/17
05:38 UTC

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Deutsches Afrikakorps field hospital receives a casualty in late 1941

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2024/04/16
19:59 UTC

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WW2 Era Photo Showing an SS-Totenkopf MG42 Squad, Likely on the Eastern Front.

2 Comments
2024/04/16
14:40 UTC

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German soldiers with Panzerfausts in foxholes near the Seelow Heights, April 1945.

11 Comments
2024/04/16
13:10 UTC

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An exhausted German soldier rests by the wayside during his long journey home after the war, 1945.

7 Comments
2024/04/16
09:58 UTC

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Heinkel He 111 in flight over the Eastern Front with an MG FF 20mm cannon in the nose and SC1000 under the fuselage.

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2024/04/16
09:23 UTC

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Admiral Graf Spee in the port of Ceuta in Spanish Morocco, May 1939

2 Comments
2024/04/16
08:32 UTC

61

German panzer death card for Max deml

No information available sadly

5 Comments
2024/04/15
19:48 UTC

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"Half dead from starvation, this inmate of the Nazi prison camp at Ebensee, Austria, manages to smile as greets his liberators, units of the U.S. Third Army. May 8th, 1945"

8 Comments
2024/04/15
14:53 UTC

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Panthers and Tigers on the move in Poland in the late Summer of 1944

2 Comments
2024/04/15
13:34 UTC

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The crew of a Junkers Ju 88 A-1 belonging to Kampfgeschwader 51 (I./KG 51) "Edelweiß" preparing for a mission.

0 Comments
2024/04/15
13:06 UTC

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Panzerwerfer 42 crew. Date and location unknown

1 Comment
2024/04/15
08:43 UTC

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German officer getting his boots shined by some locals, 1941-43.

6 Comments
2024/04/15
04:31 UTC

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