/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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Members of the SS-Sonerkommando Sachsen at the short-lived Hohnstein camp, 1934. For a brief period in July-August 1934, a company of men from the 3.SS-VT-Standarte were sent out to replace the SA guards after the Roehm Putsch. After it closed down, all guards and prisoners were moved to Sachsenburg

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2025/02/01
21:41 UTC

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A German Army sergeant roasting bread on a small fire, Stalingrad, Russia, Nov 1942

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2025/02/01
21:35 UTC

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German troops inside the tractor factory, Stalingrad Oct 1942

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2025/02/01
21:26 UTC

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Panzer ace Michael Wittmann with his Tiger tank in early 1944 on the Eastern Front

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2025/02/01
19:28 UTC

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Mussolini before his departure from Milan on April 25, 1945. This is the last photograph taken of him. He was killed 3 days later.

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2025/02/01
16:33 UTC

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Soldiers of the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord load ammunition into dog sleds.1943

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2025/02/01
11:38 UTC

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German Fallschirmjägers bandage the arm of a comrade on the Anzio-Nettuno front.June 1944

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2025/02/01
09:44 UTC

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Flakturm Zoobunker ("Gustav") in the Berlin Zoo. In the foreground are destroyed Soviet IS-2 tanks. After the war, this anti-aircraft tower was demolished.May 1945

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2025/02/01
09:41 UTC

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Foreign observers during Wehrmacht manoeuvres, 1936.

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2025/02/01
02:16 UTC

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NSDAP member and diplomat John Rabe outside the Siemens corporation office in Nanjing, 1935. Rabe would later establish the Nanking Safety Zone, providing safe haven to 250,000 Chinese civilians during the Rape of Nanjing.

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2025/02/01
01:01 UTC

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A Gebirgsjäger lights a cigarette in the Caucasus.1942

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2025/01/31
19:56 UTC

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Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. H command tank advances past Soviet civilians lining the road during the early stages of Barbarossa

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2025/01/31
19:25 UTC

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German troops armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles holding the Pripyat river line against the Soviet onslaught

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2025/01/31
19:16 UTC

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Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 184 StuG commander Unteroffizier Horst Naumann awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes for knocking out six Soviet tanks on January 1st 1943 at Demyansk

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2025/01/31
17:18 UTC

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A German soldier near a captured Soviet KV-1 heavy tank

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2025/01/31
17:14 UTC

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A group of paratroopers from the German 7th Airborne Division skiing in the Leningrad region

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2025/01/31
17:12 UTC

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German artillery battery preparing to fire its 100,000th shell on the Eastern Front in 1943

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2025/01/31
15:05 UTC

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German prisoners captured North of Anzio, Italy, January 31, 1944

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2025/01/31
14:00 UTC

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Demonstration of a tank model (possibly a Maus prototype) to Hitler, Wolf's Lair headquarters, 14 May 1943

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2025/01/31
10:55 UTC

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Oct 4 1942, the battle for the Stalingrad Tractor Plant.

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2025/01/31
10:47 UTC

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Adolf Hitler and representatives of the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht inspect the captured Polish artillery battery No. 11 (Bateria artyllerii nr 11 (XI) "Canet") in the Gdynia area. In the frame is the 100-mm Canet gun (Canet wz. 91/92 kal. 100 mm).21.09.1939

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2025/01/31
06:57 UTC

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Danish resistance fighters lead detained men suspected of collaborationism through a Copenhagen street.1945

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2025/01/31
06:55 UTC

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Submarine and torpedo boat ace Carlo Fecia di Cossato, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Responsible for the destruction of 16 Allied ships and 7 German ships (post Armistice of Cassibile).

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2025/01/31
03:43 UTC

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Navy Patrol in Norway, summer 1942.any idea about that gun?

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2025/01/31
01:52 UTC

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Wounded German prisoners of war board an American transport plane at an airfield in North Africa. An American Air Force officer in winter flight uniform is seen in the background on the left.1943

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2025/01/31
00:08 UTC

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A group of German soldiers walks behind a Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger tank along the street of a destroyed Italian city.1944

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2025/01/30
19:33 UTC

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Fighter pilot of the 2nd Luftwaffe Fighter Squadron (JG2) Oberleutnant Helmut Wick talks to a correspondent from Adler magazine.1940

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2025/01/30
17:53 UTC

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A Sturmpanzer (nicknamed Brummbär by Allied intelligence) drives by a Tiger I at a field repair point operating near the Anzio-Nettuno front. 1944

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2025/01/30
13:20 UTC

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5/23/1945, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler commits suicide at the HQ of the British 2nd Army in Lüneburg. Himmler bit into a hidden potassium cyanide pill and collapsed onto the floor, and died within 15 minutes

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2025/01/30
09:55 UTC

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