Hauptmann Friedrich Winkler sets a combat mission for soldiers of the 305th Infantry Division in the area of ​​the Barricades factory

Hauptmann Friedrich Winkler

 

Hauptmann Friedrich Konrad Winkler (center) sets the combat mission for the soldiers of the 305th Infantry Division of the Nazi Wehrmacht in the area of ​​the Stalingrad factory “Barricades”.

First left: commander of the 305th Battalion of the 305th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht (Pionier-Bataillon 305, 305.Infanterie-Division) Hauptmann Wilhelm Traub, (11/14/1895 – 01/05/1943), he is armed with Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun .
In February 1943, the Hauptmann (Captain) Friedrich Winkler was captured and died shortly afterwards in a prisoner of war camp in Beketovka.

 

 

Location: Stalingrad, USSR
Date: November 1942
Photo: Kurt Heine

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