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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