German Prisoners Of War Returning Home
by Bettmann
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German Prisoners Of War Returning Home
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Bettmann
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Photograph - Photography
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(Original Caption) 12/16/1955-Friedland, Germany: Overcome by emotion, former German POW Fritz Merten and his sister Margarette break down in tears as he's freed by the Russians at Friendland, Germany. They were seeing each other for the first time since 1935. Merten was one of 600 former German soldiers brought from Russia and freed at the Friedland reparation camp. Sadness marred Merten's homecoming, his wife, who hadn't heard from him, had him declared dead in 1949 and remarried. The 600 freed POWS were the first released by Russia since reparations suddenly stopped at the end of October.
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May 12th, 2020
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