Surely everyone, surfing the Internet, at least once came across this photo with a sobbing German. Strictly speaking, it is clearly seen here that the young man is either in a state of panic or in a state of hysteria. A number of questions arise: where, by whom and when was this photograph taken? The answer for many citizens will be quite unexpected.
So, first of all, it is worth breaking someone's "crystal world" and telling the cruel truth of life. Not all, but still a representative part of the archival photographs of the war times are staged photographs taken to promote this or that state system. This is especially true for pictures from the category "good soldiers do this and that." This is due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to catch a good shot from a good angle, especially in a real combat situation. However, at the same time, one should not think that the military correspondents did not catch good moments at all. It’s just that the staged component of clearly newspaper photographs is always worth remembering.
Here is a photograph with a crying German in a trench should raise continuous questions. And first of all, questions about who, when and why did it? It is unlikely that a German military commander could have taken something like that... So the whole secret is that this is not a photograph at all. This is a frame from the movie. Namely, from the film "The Bridge" (Die Brücke), shot by the Swiss director Bernhard Wikki in 1959. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the German journalist and writer Gregor Dofmeister. In addition, a remake of "Die Brücke" was filmed in 2008 under the same name. The creator of the new film was Wolfgang Panzer.
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Actually, in the center of the plot of both films, as well as in the center of the plot of the original source, this is a small detachment of 16-year-olds guys from the Hitler Youth, who were ordered to protect the bridge and prevent American soldiers from crossing it. troops. Guessing where the film will ultimately lead is not so difficult. Interestingly, in 1960 "Die Brücke" was even shown in the Soviet Union.
The moment with the hysterical guy is about the 84th minute of the picture. A guy named Klaus Hager, played by actor Volker Lechtenbrink, has a panic attack. Interestingly, the novel on which the film is based is largely autobiographical. Its creator Gregor Dofmeister was born in 1929 and in 1945 he was just a member of the Hitler Youth. Dofmeister's division really guarded the Bad Tölz bridge (a city in Germany) from the Americans on May 1, 1945. Already on the first day, out of 8 soldiers of the Hitler Youth, 5 died. The Dofmeister himself was frightened and ran away. When Gregor did return, the two remaining guys had already been killed.
In continuation of the topic, read about Kliment Voroshilov: why the Germans were afraid of this tank, and why it was removed from the army.
Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/100622/63208/