Child POW - German Forces | Gallery

Child POW

The "enemy:" Sgt Francis Daggertt has "apprehended" a 15-year old German "soldier" in the city of Kronach. The "soldier" was a member of a group of 15 same age "soldiers." At least, the POW appears happy to have been caught. Usual process in such cases was giving the POW fresh clothes, feeding him (or her) and then classifying them as "displaced young persons" to be returned to their parents (if they were still alive).


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/german-forces/49316/child-pow

Looks much younger, official minimum age may have been 15 but 12 year olds were serving.

This is one small 15-year-old.