0469 | Photo | SS-Freiwilligen-Division "Prinz Eugen"

Operation "Black". Montenegrin elders greet motorcyclists of the SS Division "Prinz Eugen" (Battle Group Meckelburg) in their village, after the area has been cleansed of insurgents. The German propaganda photographer described this encounter as a warm welcome of the SS troops by the population, happy to be liberated from the terror of the Bolshevik gangs. In reality, in a near-empty village, the Germans were greeted only by a handful of restrained, elderly men, while women and children (seen in the previous image from the same film) passed by the soldiers looking fearfully down, on the other side of the road.

Text: Ivan Ž.

Photographer: Kollik, SS War Correspondent Battalion.

Date: May 1943.

Location: unknown, Yugoslavia.

Original caption: "They are welcomed as liberators. The first motorcyclists of the Waffen-SS who entered this mountain village in Montenegro are warmly welcomed by the residents, who are happy to be finally liberated from the terror of the Bolshevik gangs."

Sources: National Archives, 242-JRP-45-43-13; AKG-Images, AKG5583933. (Photo restoration: Ivan Ž.)

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Operacija "Crno". Crnogorski domaćini pozdravljaju motocikliste SS-divizije "Princ Ojgen" (Borbene grupe Mekelburg) u svom selu, posle čišćenja rejona od ustanika. Ovaj je susret nemački propagandni fotograf opisao kao srdačan doček SS-trupa od stanovništva, srećnog zbog oslobođenja od terora boljševičkih bandi. U stvarnosti je, u polupustom selu, Nemce pozdravila samo šaka suzdržanih, starijih muškaraca, dok su žene i deca (vide se na prethodnoj slici sa istog filma) prošli pored vojnika bojažljivo gledajući u zemlju, suprotnom stranom puta.

Tekst: Ivan Ž.

Fotograf: Kolik, Ratnodopisnički bataljon SS-a.

Datum: maj 1943.

Mesto: nepoznato, Jugoslavija.

Originalni natpis: "Dočekani su kao oslobodioci. Prvi motociklisti SS-trupa koji su ušli u ovo planinsko selo u Crnoj Gori srdačno su dočekani od stanovnika, koji su srećni što su konačno oslobođeni terora boljševičkih bandi."

Izvori: National Archives, 242-JRP-45-43-13; AKG-Images, AKG5583933. (Foto-restauracija: Ivan Ž.)

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0468 | Photo | Leibstandarte-SS "Adolf Hitler"

Operation 25. With great effort, and the help of his comrades, a motorcyclist of the Reconnaissance Battalion, SS Bodyguard "Adolf Hitler", pushes his machine (BMW R 61) through the deep mud of Macedonia. This striking image from the Balkan Campaign, which was originally published in the "Illustrated Observer" (Illustrierter Beobachter) dated 24 April 1941, was also published the following year in the form of a postcard, in a series enitled "Our Waffen-SS" (Unsere Waffen-SS, made up of 60 selected photographs of military formations of the SS). However, since the Balkan Campaign had been long completed, and the muddy terrain was characteristic of the (more important) Eastern Front, the postcard was accompanied by a false (and sarcastic) description: "Soviet road." Thanks to the popularity of propaganda postcards, the image remained known as a shot from the Eastern Front; in October 1960, it appeared on the cover of the Waffen-SS veterans' magazine "The Volunteer" (Der Freiwillige), captioned: "19 years ago: 'road' in Russia."

Text: Ivan Ž.

Photographer: Franz Roth, SS War Correspondent Company.

Date: April 1941.

Location: unknown, Yugoslavia.

Original caption: unknown.

Sources: Military Tour, P-65; "Wir waren wieder mal schneller!", Illustrierter Beobachter, München, 24.04.1941, vol. XVI, no 17, p. 498; Der Freiwillige, Osnabrück, Oct. 1960, vol. V, no 10, p. 1; "BMW R 61", Kfz. der Wehrmacht. (Photo restoration: Ivan Ž.)

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Operacija 25. Uz teške muke, i pomoć drugova, motociklista izviđačkog bataljona Telesne garde SS-a "Adolf Hitler" gura svoju mašinu (BMW R 61) kroz duboko blato u Makedoniji. Ova upečatljiva slika iz pohoda na Balkan, koja je izvorno objavljena u "Ilustrovanom osmatraču" (Illustrierter Beobachter) od 24. aprila 1941, objavljena je naredne godine i u vidu razglednice, u seriji nazvanoj "Naše SS-trupe" (Unsere Waffen-SS, sačinjenoj od 60 odabranih fotografija vojnih formacija SS-a). Međutim, kako je pohod na Balkan već uveliko bio završen, a blatnjav teren bio karakterističan za (bitniji) Istočni front, razglednicu je pratio lažan (i sarkastičan) opis: "Sovjetski drum." Zahvaljujući popularnosti propagandnih razglednica, slika je i ostala poznata kao snimak sa Istočnog fronta; oktobra 1960. godine, osvanula je na naslovnoj strani časopisa veterana SS-trupa zvanog "Dobrovoljac" (Der Freiwillige), uz natpis: "Pre 19 godina: 'drum' u Rusiji."

Tekst: Ivan Ž.

Fotograf: Franc Rot, Ratnodopisnička četa SS-a.

Datum: april 1941.

Mesto: nepoznato, Jugoslavija.

Originalni natpis: nepoznat.

Izvori: Military Tour, P-65; "Wir waren wieder mal schneller!", Illustrierter Beobachter, München, 24.04.1941, god. XVI, br. 17, str. 498; Der Freiwillige, Osnabrück, okt. 1960, god. V, br. 10, str. 1; "BMW R 61", Kfz. der Wehrmacht. (Foto-restauracija: Ivan Ž.)

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0467 | Photo | Narodnooslobodilačka vojska Jugoslavije

Partisan attack on Podgorica. A patrol of the I Boka Brigade (Littoral Operational Group) enters the destroyed city; one fighter knocks down German signposts with his rifle butt along the way (the upper sign reads "Air Force Sickbay"; the machine gun carried by the fighter on the far left is a British Bren Mk II).

Text: Ivan Ž.

Photographer: unknown.

Date: December 1944.

Location: Podgorica, Yugoslavia.

Original caption: unknown.

Sources: Veselin Đuranović (ed.), Crna Gora 1941–1945, Pobjeda, Titograd, 1966, p. 229; "Bren Mk 2", Imperial War Museums.

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Napad NOVJ na Podgoricu. Patrola I bokeljske brigade (Primorske operativne grupe) ulazi u razoreni grad; jedan borac usput kundakom ruši nemačke putokaze (na gornjem znaku piše "vazduhoplovna bolnica"; mitraljez koji nosi borac sasvim levo je britanski Bren Mk II).

Tekst: Ivan Ž.

Fotograf: nepoznat. 

Datum: decembar 1944.

Mesto: Podgorica, Jugoslavija.

Originalni natpis: nepoznat.

Izvori: Veselin Đuranović (ured.), Crna Gora 1941–1945, Pobjeda, Titograd, 1966, str. 229; "Bren Mk 2", Imperial War Museums.

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