SS Photo Album

[Larry Lipps]

Guys,
I finally got the courage to remove some of the photos from my SS photo album to scan the writing on the back. I've included a couple to see if anyone can read the writing and translate them. I can figure out the dates, but that's as far as I can go. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Larry Lipps]

The motorcycle boys,

[Larry Lipps]

And an award ceremony.

[Sven Masch]

Rough translation with my bad english and without some of the places (can´t read them)

1: "In the woods of ...... Before our big battle against the poles. Date. SS-Standarte "Germania" 3rd group, Kradschützen having morning coffee"

2: "In ........ September 1st before departure to the campaign"

3: "Leader getting iron cross at Krakau from Standartenführer 25th September 1939 on return march"

[Larry Lipps]

Thanks Sven,
I may need your assistance on a couple others down the road. It's great to know the story behind the photos.

[besslein]

interesting is the story from number 1 photo,so far i know "Germania"" has big lost in fight against Poles in september 39.

[Larry Lipps]

In a German Album, there probably wouldn't be any mention of a battle lost. In fact that is the only photo in the whole album where there is any visible insignia. In the other 75 photos the soldiers have no insignia at all. Here's a few more that might help place where they actually were.

[Larry Lipps]

In a scene right out of Schlinder's List, a soldier cuts the beard from what appears to be a Jew.

[Larry Lipps]

Looks like this might be the same guy after a shave.

[Larry Lipps]

Vaccinations?

[besslein]

Vaccinations?

yes it is

[besslein]

In a scene right out of Schlinder's List, a soldier cuts the beard from what appears to be a Jew.

yes its is or was "east jew"

[Sven Masch]

On Nr. 2 i was unsure how to translate two words into english and had to look on the internet. Maybe its a little confuse in english but i hope you get the point.


1: "The shot down town Rudky near Lemberg on september 16th 1939-the town was assaulted by the SS-standarte on 16th 8.30 am"

2: "That´s the east jew. Bold and dangerous. In spite of his annoyance he is still smiling sneeringly. Jantarow (?) date"

3: "Shaving jews at Jantarow (?) date. In the background ukrainian farmers"

4: "At the vaccinations"

[Larry Lipps]

You guys are great! I won't bore you with the other 65 photos, but maybe I can post a couple of the unusual vehicles in the album later. Thanks much!

[corporalSteiner]

believe me, no one will be bored by the other pictures...have a coffee, then go peel some more off the album and get scanning. thanks for sharing these interesting everyday shots, even though some are casual snaps of man's chilling inhumanity to man. with what we know now, these poor people had far more to fear from the second wave of political police, and the way the locals were later used against them, than from these bullies with the shears.