Post by Maggie on Mar 9, 2014 12:27:26 GMT -6
War really is hell. Call it part 2. Walter Kleinfeldt, then 16 and a soldier at the Somme, took these pictures and set them aside. His son found them just 3 years ago. The Brits are doing some sort of TV program and the Daily Mail published these. I will just copy a few. You can see more at the Daily Mail. The captions are either by the son or the Mail. As always, click on the picture to enlarge or follow the above link and see these and more on the Mail.
Carnage: Amid the appalling devastation and bodies of dead soldiers, a crucifix stands tall - miraculously preserved from the shell fire. The powerful image was captured after a bloody skirmish in 1917 - and Walter's son Volkmar says: 'This photograph is like an accusation - an accusation against war'
Final moments: Walter was just 16 when he fought at the Somme but his photos soon took on dark tone. Here he captures a German army medic kneeling beside a dying colleague - but he can do no more than offer comfort
(Words fail. They really do. Walter entitiled the picture "Nach dem Sturm"-- After the storm.)
Calm before the storm: A 16year old Walter Kleinfeldt photographed in the German city of Ulm in 1915. Just a few weeks later, he was on the Somme.
Carnage: Amid the appalling devastation and bodies of dead soldiers, a crucifix stands tall - miraculously preserved from the shell fire. The powerful image was captured after a bloody skirmish in 1917 - and Walter's son Volkmar says: 'This photograph is like an accusation - an accusation against war'
Final moments: Walter was just 16 when he fought at the Somme but his photos soon took on dark tone. Here he captures a German army medic kneeling beside a dying colleague - but he can do no more than offer comfort
(Words fail. They really do. Walter entitiled the picture "Nach dem Sturm"-- After the storm.)
Calm before the storm: A 16year old Walter Kleinfeldt photographed in the German city of Ulm in 1915. Just a few weeks later, he was on the Somme.