“A nervous little girl waits with her dolls and her luggage before being evacuated to the countryside during World War 2, London, May 1940”

(Via Reddit HistoryPorn)

Such a heartbreaking picture. A mother learns that her son died in Soviet captivity, along with up to 1 million other German POWs captured during WW2. 

“A returned German prisoner of war identified this woman’s son. He will never return because he is dead. Prisoners released by the Soviet Union, Germany, 1955.”

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union