This motif from National Socialist propaganda shows a soldier of the German Wehrmacht on home leave saying goodbye to his company on the Eastern Front, taken in December 1944. On the back of the picture, the National Socialist news coverage writes: "Bravery leave for Christmas - A tank buster from Courland who will be home for Christmas and New Year. After the division commander personally pinned the EK I on his field blouse and sent him on bravery leave for the Christmas vacations, lance corporal Willi G., who finished off a 'T 34' at eight meters despite heavy fire with the 'Panzerfaust', says goodbye to the company cook, who dismisses him with the words: 'Give my regards to the homeland and tell mother how it tasted to you from our cooking pot'." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv / Schmidt-Scheeder [automated translation]
