Operation "Black". At the airport in Podgorica, the seat of the Italian XIV Army Corps, German officers, along with the host, see off their commanding general after the end of their meeting. From right to left: SS-Gruppenführer Artur Phleps, commander of the SS Division "Prinz Eugen", Colonel Joachim Macholz and his subordinate, Lieutenant Kurt Waldheim (future Secretary-General of the United Nations and President of Austria), German liaison officers, and Divisional General Ercole Roncaglia, commander of the Italian corps; the commander the German troops, General Rudolf Lüters, is on the plane (He 111, whose wing is pictured). On the far left, in the background, partially seen is SS-Hauptsturmführer Otto Meckelburg (with his back turned), commander of the III Battalion, 2nd Regiment, "Prinz Eugen" Division. In the distance (on the left), Meckelburg battalion's honour guard leaves the airport.
Text: Ivan Ž.
Photographer: unknown.
Date: 22 May 1943.
Location: Podgorica, Yugoslavia.
Original caption: unknown.
File source: Yad Vashem, 1946/1.
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Operacija "Crno". Na aerodromu u Podgorici, sedištu italijanskog XIV armijskog korpusa, nemački oficiri, zajedno sa domaćinom, ispraćaju svog komandujućeg generala po završetku sastanka. Zdesna nalevo: SS-grupenfirer Artur Fleps, komandant SS-divizije "Princ Ojgen", pukovnik Joahim Maholc i podređeni mu poručnik Kurt Valdhajm (budući generalni sekretar Ujedinjenih nacija i predsednik Austrije), nemački oficiri za vezu, i divizijski general Erkole Ronkalja, komandant italijanskog korpusa; komandant nemačkih trupa, general Rudolf Liters, nalazi se u avionu (He 111, čije se krilo vidi na slici). Sasvim levo, u pozadini, delimično se vidi SS-hauptšturmfirer Oto Mekelburg (okrenut leđima), komandant III bataljona 2. puka divizije "Princ Ojgen". U daljini (levo), počasna straža Mekelburgovog bataljona napušta aerodrom.
Tekst: Ivan Ž.
Fotograf: nepoznat.
Datum: 22. maj 1943.
Mesto: Podgorica, Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: nepoznat.
Izvor fajla: Yad Vashem, 1946/1.
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