Crying for their fallen sons

system · August 4, 2021, 12:51am

Women, accompanied by Soviet soldiers, cry in agony as they scour a battlefield for their fallen loved ones. Sadly I found the picture with basically no additional information other than its Soviet origins. Schuultz

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/dramatic-photos/20849/crying-for-their-fallen-sons

DieGrosseSchlag · September 11, 2010, 12:23am

This photo dates from sometime in 1942 and shows the aftermath of a German massacre of civilians in the Crimea. It is highly published image that is used to exemplify the horrific human cost of the war in the Soviet Union. I read one estmate of 26,000,000 dead (12 million military and 14 million civilian).

system · August 4, 2021, 12:51am

flamethrowerguy · September 11, 2010, 12:33am

Photo is called "Grief", taken near Kerch/Crimea by Dmitry Baltermants.

Schuultz · September 11, 2010, 2:18am

Hm. Apparently the picture is much more well known than I thought. Can’t say I had ever consciously seen it before. Oh well.