The commander of the 305th Sapper Battalion of the 305th Infantry Division of the Nazi Wehrmacht (Pionier-Bataillon 305, 305.Infanterie-Division), Hauptmann Wilhelm Traub (November 14, 1895 – 05 January 1943) during the fighting in the territory of the Barrikady factory in the Battle of Stalingrad. The Great Patriotic War of the Russian Nation (June 22, 1941 – May 09, 1945).
Hauptmann Wilhelm Traub is armed with a captured Soviet submachine gun PPSh-41.
Eastern Front of the Third Reich during World War II in the Soviet Russia.
Source of information about the photo:
1. www.warrelics.eu
Location: Stalingrad, USSR
Time when the photo was taken: October-November 1942