Ritual symbolic funeral of German pilots of Heinkel He-111 bombers

Ritual symbolic funeral of German pilots of Heinkel He-111 bombers

May 21, 2017 #Wehrmacht

Ritual symbolic funeral

 

World War 2 in Europe color photo: German pilots of Heinkel He-111 twin-motores medium bombers of the Nazi Luftwaffe make a ritual symbolic funeral, – they burn an empty coffin with the inscription Dein Leben – dein Gewinn (Your life is your wealth). The Eastern Front.

 

 

Location of photo: Kharkov, USSR
Time when the photo was taken:: autumn 1942
Photo by Siegfried Lauterwasser

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