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Article about: Some very interesting shots here..... LiveLeak.com - WW2 - German Army Pictures I would love to know more about the photograph at 3.09 Is that a child receiving an award? If so, i wonder who

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    Default Some good German WW2 close up photographs

    Some very interesting shots here.....
    LiveLeak.com - WW2 - German Army Pictures


    I would love to know more about the photograph at 3.09
    Is that a child receiving an award? If so, i wonder who he is?

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    His name is Willi Hübner a 16 yr old HJ member. The photo is off him after the recapture of Lauban where he was presented his award and congratulated by Goebbels.
    Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-J31305,_Auszeichnung_des_Hitlerjungen_Willi_Hübner.jpg

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    A very late war image, note the age of many of Hubner's comrades.

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    Cheers for that info... gee even found a video of him being awarded.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Itzrokptc

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    Yes he appeared in the 2nd or 3rd last Die Deutsche Wochenschau broadcast.

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    Some great photos there!....

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    Hi All, saw Willi on the Discovery channel at the beginning of the year, an old man talking about THE LAST DAYS OF THE REICH.

    Another Pic of GFM Schorner awarding or thanking him below.

    ( Shorner is in the original posted picture.LHS Colonel General at the time as he was promoted on the 05.04.45)



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    REGARDS SK
    Last edited by Silberkreuz; 07-09-2014 at 08:56 PM.

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    Great photos !! ...and I was glad they posted the warning before I saw those 2 bikini clad vixens in the advertisement below.
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