[Airbornemama]

I could NOT, imagine the SHOCK and HORROR this poor girl felt at the realization that her Mother was just killed in front of her.

[Seven Of Nine]

Originally Posted by carlitobrigante ↗

i remember this from a magazine series in the uk, called images of war. It was captioned that this was a girl and her sister, taken just after she was killed by a luftwaffe strafing run.

Heartbreaking pics either way...

Yes, that's how I recall the story as well; the deceased being her sister.

*side note, I can't help but read your post without hearing Kermit the frogs voice in my head!

[methadoneugly]

Actually it was her older sister, not her mother. I believe she was digging up potatoes when her and other civilians were gunned down from the air.

[Sharon]

Heartbreaking image

[justthefacts]

Powerful photo. The Germans shot at anything. AND so did the Allies. War is obscene; there no good guys or bad guys except in propanda. That said, just a quick note on semantics. The phrase "gunned down" is incorrect; it implies that the victim was armed and their gun was not pointed at their attacker fast enough (i.e., "gun down"). In case anyone's interested.

[justthefacts]

Sorry for my own typos in my post. The heater has been out in my flat for three days and my fingers are frozen.

[Spiffyfable]

Dark Times

[Tyberius]

I've seen a lot of gore, but i find these old pics a lot more interesting and in a way more disturbing than any of those super bloody Syrian propaganda videos.

[SimoneFlen']

The Institute of National Remembrance announced that Kazimiera Mika, the heroine of Julien Bryan's 1939 photo, passed away on August 28, 2020. The iconic photo shows her crying over the body of her sister who was shot by a German pilot during WWII.

Kazimiera Mika was 13 years old when on September 13, 1939, her 14-year-old sister Anna was shot while working in the field by a German pilot. The scene in which the girl cries over her sister's body was recorded by the American photographer Julien Bryan, who captured the little girl’s pain and shock. The photo travelled around the world at a rapid pace and became a symbol of German bestiality in occupied Poland. Years later, he still remembered that day as the most tragic day during his stay in besieged Warsaw.

"The girl stared at us in bewilderment. I put my arm around her and tried to comfort her. She was crying. I was crying too, and so were the two Polish officers who accompanied me. What could we, what could anyone else tell this child?" Julien Bryan reported.

After the war, he returned to Poland a few times, and met with Ms Mika twice. She managed to recover from her tragedy but never forgot it. According to Mr Bryan the woman still remembered his attempts to comfort her.

Colour images...

[K53]

Tragic & Sad