Gunter Alquen (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Greece 1941), an SS photographer, documented Nazi atrocities in Greece during World War II. His lens captured the horror and suffering inflicted upon innocent civilians and resistance fighters. Images of Sepp Dietrich, accompanied by officers, captured in photographs alongside soldiers, Greek soldiers and civilians, Greek countryside, buildings, pontoon bridge operations. Numerous vehicles bearing tactical symbols, along with the aftermath of destruction: ruined buildings, vehicles, equipment. Artillery shelling and scenes depicting a war-torn countr


Gunter Alquen (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Greece 1941), an SS photographer, documented Nazi atrocities in Greece during World War II. His lens captured the horror and suffering inflicted upon innocent civilians and resistance fighters. Images of Sepp Dietrich, accompanied by officers, captured in photographs alongside soldiers, Greek soldiers and civilians, Greek countryside, buildings, pontoon bridge operations. Numerous vehicles bearing tactical symbols, along with the aftermath of destruction: ruined buildings, vehicles, equipment. Artillery shelling and scenes depicting a war-torn country. Images depicting the front-line activities of Waffen-SS units on the Western and Eastern Fronts, including Poland, France, Balkans, Italy, and Russia, as well as training exercises, portraits of individuals and group views, and scenes of cities and towns, and local populations.


Size: 3207px × 2182px
Photo credit: © piemags/WW2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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