Category: Destruction of Berlin

• The Face of Defeat: The Story Behind Hans-Georg Henke’s Heartbreaking Photos

  

  The haunting photographs of Hans-Georg Henke, a sixteen-year-old German anti-aircraft soldier captured in Hessen, Germany, remain some of the most powerful images from World War II. Taken by American photojournalist John Florea in April 1945, these photos depict Henke in a moment of profound despair, his face contorted in grief and exhaustion. Over the years,…

  May 11, 2025

  1940s, 1945, Destruction of Berlin, Historical Photos, history, History Daily, History Daily With Francis Chappell Black, Hitler Youth, military history, Nazi Germany, photography, The Battle of Berlin, World War II

  1940s, 1945, Destruction of Berlin, event & history, Historical Photos, History Daily, History Daily With Francis Chappell Black, Hitler Youth, Nazi Germany, photography, The Battle of Berlin, World War II