Funeral of German soldier Albert Holthausen on the Eastern Front in 1941. The photograph shows a military burial ceremony with an honor guard before interment.
This photograph documents the military funeral of Albert Holthausen, a German soldier who served in the 18th Infantry Regiment. An honor guard stands beside the grave before burial during the campaign on the Eastern Front in 1941.
According to the available information, Holthausen served in the regiment's 7th Company. He had been on the Eastern Front since 22 June 1941 and was later evacuated after suffering severe frostbite during the winter campaign.
Today, photographs such as this are valuable historical records that preserve not only military events but also the identities of individual soldiers. They may provide important information for researchers and descendants seeking to reconstruct family history.
Technical photo data
📝 Source of information: Unknown
📍 Location: USSR (exact location unknown)
📅 Date of photo: 1941
📷 Photographer: Unknown
Recommended literature
- German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) – wartime photograph collections
- Stephen G. Fritz – Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II
- Omer Bartov – Hitler's Army
Tags
- Albert Holthausen
- German soldier
- Military funeral
- Eastern Front
- Wehrmacht
- 1941
- World War II
- Historical photography
- German military history
- Military burial
- Bundesarchiv
- Genealogy