German Portraits / Photos from the Second World War

A subreddit dedicated to German photos and portraits from the period of 1933-1946 (dates are flexible)

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German patrol in Garfagnana, Italy, March 1945.

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/the_giank

The Evacuation of the Treasures of the Monte Cassino Monastery to Castel Sant'Angelo by Division Hermann Göring (Italy, October 1943)

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

German soldiers mine the approaches to the defensive line near Buerat-Stellung in Libya. Pictured are Sprengmine 35 (S. Mi. 35) mines. December 1942

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/defender838383

Three German Olympic gold medalists-turned-soldiers: parallel bar gymnast Walter Steffens (left), equestrian Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (middle) and javelin thrower Gerhard Stöck (right), photographed in the Don area on the Eastern Front, April 1943

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Local woman handing out food to the members of the Danzig police at the start of the Polish campaign; Danzig (today Gdańsk, Poland), September 1939

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

German soldiers during street fighting in Kharkov (today Kharkiv, Ukraine), October 1941

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

British Army infantry soldiers are taken prisoner by Luftwaffe paratrooper troops. Operation Mercury. Battle of Crete. May 22, 1941. Greece.

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/waffen123

Wehrmacht soldiers and local residents celebrate after Tallinn fell under German control, Estonia, August/September 1941

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Fallschirmjäger and Luftwaffe Flak Batteries Repelling Allied Armour and Infantry Attacks from the Ruins of Monte Cassino (Mid-February 1944)

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

With Sunglasses. Former bavarian prime minister Franz Josef Strauß. Funny story below

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Such_Ideal_1422

StuH 42 assault gun slowly creeping down Weverstraat in Oosterbeek during Operation Market Garden. while the accompanying infantry advances while taking cover in the gardens. The soldier climbing over the low wall is carrying a captured British Sten Mk V submachine gun. September 1944.

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Strict_Key3318

The Aftermath of the Destruction of the Monastery of Monte Cassino by an Allied Bombardment (16th or 17th of February 1944)

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

Wehrmacht soldiers greeted by the locals as they enter Riga, Latvia, July 1941

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Photo of an unknown WW1 U-boat veteran taken in Italy Photo is from my personal collection.

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/Complete-Form2457

A column of Wehrmacht soldiers marches past the Seraphim House in occupied Chisinau. 1943

Posted 25th Apr 2026u/defender838383

The toppled Lenin statue in Minsk (1941)

Posted 24th Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

Sighting exercises with the Lee-Enfield rifle. The uniforms indicate that these soldiers are Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service, RAD). The rifle on the stand appears to be an early SMLE Mk III*. The rifle on far left appears to be a SMLE Mk III. Yugoslavia 1944

Posted 24th Apr 2026u/defender838383

German machine gunners move to their MG-42 machine gun position in the Italian mountains. May 1944

Posted 24th Apr 2026u/defender838383

German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (left) with Italian generals Gastone Gambara (middle) and Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (right), photographed during the Axis occupation of Tobruk, Libya, July 1942

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

German soldiers entering the city of Reichenberg in annexed Sudetenland (today Liberec, Czech Republic), October 1938

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, flanked by his chief of staff SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff, talking with some locals during his tour of the Eastern Front, November 1941

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Former Reichsmarshall Herman Goring eating in his cell at Nuremberg, 1945

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/abt137

"A dangerous defector", German soldiers posing with a captured Soviet anti-tank dog, Eastern Front, February 1942

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Soldiers stationed in Greece having fun in their free time with donkey races, a boxing championship, and goofing around with the Schwimmwagen (1943)

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

A young German soldier killed in action against the British somewhere in the Netherlands during the spring of 1945.

Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/the_giank

The rusted skeletons of the Third Reich: Abandoned 15cm SKC/28 naval gun mounts on the Nemetskiy Peninsula

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Kitchen_Grade_8896

German paratroopers advance to a position in Italy. The footage shows a Panzerschreck anti-tank grenade launcher crew. September 1944

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/defender838383

A italian Macchi C.205 with German markings, 1944-45

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/the_giank

German soldier listening to music on a phonograph, somewhere on the Eastern Front, February 1944

Posted 23rd Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Gebirgsjäger of the 5. Gebirgs-Division ascending into the Cairo Massif around Monte Cassino (likely Monte Cairo, early March 1944)

Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

The remnants of the Third Reich’s Panther-Wotan Line in Ukraine

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Kitchen_Grade_8896

German mountain rangers from the 5th Mountain Division (5. Gebirgs-Division) climb to a forward position on Monte Abate (also Colle Abate) near Monte Cassino. February 1944

Posted 22nd Apr 2026u/defender838383

Arado Ar 234 V6

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/destinationsjourney

German soldiers in bitter cold on the Eastern Front, December 1941

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Wehrmacht soldier enjoying some handicraft in his spare time, date and place unknown

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

German soldier rolling a cheese wheel during the acquisition of food; Eastern Front, March 1942

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

A highly decorated Unteroffizier bearing both classes of the Iron Cross, the Bronze Close Combat Clasp, the Eastern Front Medal for the winter of 41-42, the Infantry Assault Badge, and the Crimean Campaign Shield. (Crimea, 1944)

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

A group of Wehrmacht members enjoying some sun on the Eastern Front, March 1942

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Kurt Klusmeier (1924-2025) served with Jäger-Regiment 83 28. Jäger-Division

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Such_Ideal_1422

Photo of a unknown captain aboard (Z-20 Karl Galster) photo is from my private collection.

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/Complete-Form2457

Tankers of the 35th Panzer Regiment (Panzer-Regiment 35) of the 4th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht operate an MG34 machine gun near a Pz.Kpfw. IV tank. 1944

Posted 21st Apr 2026u/defender838383

On his birthday, Hitler is shown the first pre-production models of the Jagdpanzer 38 (t). (Presumably at the Arys military training grounds in East Prussia, 20th of April 1944)

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/iloverheaug

Does anyone know what unit's emblem is on the back of the truck? This is Army Group Center's area of operations, 1941.

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/597354

"In charge of a British Tommy - Germans in Libya being marched to a prison camp", photo of German POWs escorted to captivity by a smiling British soldier after the Allies successfully lifted the Axis siege of Tobruk; Libya, 1941

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Provinz_Wartheland

Photo of a crew member aboard Z-23 photo is from my personal collection!

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/Complete-Form2457

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on Hitler's birthday. April 20, 1942. By the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/Strict_Key3318

Oath of allegiance of volunteer Soviet prisoners of war (Hiwis/Hilfswillige) to the Luftwaffe unit in Utorgosh. September 1943

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/defender838383

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