The motif from National Socialist propaganda shows East Prussian battalions of the German Volkssturm in training, taken in November 1944. The National Socialist report writes on the back of the picture on 03.11.1944: "East Prussian Volkssturm battalions in training with the division 'Grossdeutschland'. Already several times the Wehrmacht report has emphasized the successful use of East Prussian Volkssturm battalions in repelling the Soviet mass onslaught. More and more new battalions are being formed and trained. For this training the Panzer-Grenadier-Division 'Grossdeutschland', among others, has provided proven front-line fighters. In a short time, under their guidance, the experienced soldiers of the World War and the younger ones, pre-trained in military sports and in military training camps, learn how to handle the modern weapons. - Volkssturmkompanie on the march to the field training. Their way goes past the villages and houses of their homeland, which they defend side by side with their comrades of the Wehrmacht against the approaching Bolshevik masses, weapons in hand." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv [automated translation]
