Abstract

For many German POWs, imprisonment in a Soviet camp during and following World War II meant years of separation from home and family. The last German prisoners of war returned to the Federal Republic in 1955, right after Konrad Adenauer’s trip to Moscow. In this photo, Franz Maier, who had just returned home after many years of Soviet imprisonment, enjoys his first family dinner in years.

A Prisoner of War Returns Home (1947)

Hilmar Pabel

Source

Source: Franz Maier, returning home from several years as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union. Photo: Hilmar Pabel.
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Recommended Citation

A Prisoner of War Returns Home (1947), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/occupation-and-the-emergence-of-two-states-1945-1961/ghdi:image-1054> [December 20, 2024].