Photos Taken in Sachsen | World War II Database


Lennart Oesch and Carl Mannerheim at a memorial for the Battle of Lützen, celebrating its 300th anniversary, Germany, 6 Nov 1932	French prisoners of war at Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, Sachsen, Germany, 1940s	French prisoners of war at Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, Sachsen, Germany, 1940s	B-17 bombers amidst heavy flak fire over Merseburg, Germany, circa 1944-1945

Dresden, Germany in ruins, 14 Feb 1945	Ruins of Dresden, Germany, circa 15 Feb 1945; note Frauenkirche church in center	Ruins of the Neumarkt and the Frauenkirche after Allied bombing, Dresden, Germany, circa 15 Feb 1945	Bodies of victims of the 13-14 Feb 1945 Dresden bombing piled in the Germania statue plaza, circa mid-Feb 1945

Victims of the 13-14 Feb 1945 bombing on Dresden, Germany	US troops on the Colditz Castle bridge, Sachsen, Germany, 16 Apr 1945	Colditz Castle, Sachsen, Germany, late-Apr 1945	As Allied troops surrounded Leipzig, Germany, this Volkssturm general committed suicide rather than face surrender, 19 Apr 1945

US 69th Infantry Division Captain Hans Trefousse posing with a SdKfz 165 self-propelled gun that he had captured by persuading the German crew to surrender on 25 Apr 1945, near Wurzen, Sachsen, Germany	Policemen in mourning of Joseph Stalin, Dresden, East Germany, 10 Mar 1953	Colditz Castle, Sachsen, Germany, 19 Sep 1975