[Sharon]

"I went to the park in front of the parliament to film a column of soldiers passing. And I saw this scene. On the bench sat a woman, killed by two shots - in the head and neck, with her dead boy and a girl of fifteen. A little further, lay the body of the father. On his lapel he had a gold badge NSDAP, lying nearby was the gun. Out of the building ran the Parliament janitor, he said - This is it, he did it not Russian soldiers. Arrived at 6am. I saw him and his family out of a basement window, on the deserted street. He moved along the bench, told the woman to sit down, the same thing told to children. I did not understand what he was going to do. Then he shot the mother and son. The girl, he laid her down on the bench and also shot her. Stepped back, looked at the result and shot himself. "

Author:Yevgeny Khaldei

Time taken: April 1945
Location: Vienna, Austria

Found another image of same event (bottom) with this text:

Despair: An Austrian Nazi and his family had taken in early 1945 in the park in front of the parliament building in Vienna's life. Khaldei wanted to photograph the passing soldiers when he saw the suicide victim - the boy was only about 15 years old - discovered on the park bench. "Later on, our general and political commissar Sachwatajew Shepilov who liberated Vienna The General said:. '. I came from Stalingrad to come here, but such a tragedy I've never seen'"

[Rusty666]

[Sobekkare]

It's sort of beautiful! Thanks for the share.

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by Sobekkare ↗

It's sort of beautiful! Thanks for the share.

Death images can have a strange captivating quality about them

[blancadon]

That could be a bedtime story.

[andthewinnerissss]

My apologies if this is a re-post:

A prominent member of the Nazi Party before the arrival of Soviet troops killed his family and committed suicide on the streets of Vienna.

Eugene Khaldey: «I went to the park near the Parliament building to remove a column of soldiers passing. And I saw this picture. On the bench sat a woman, killed by two shots – in the head and neck, next to her dead teenager fifteen years old and a girl. A little further, lay the body of the father. On his lapel was a gold Nazi party badge, lying next to a revolver. (…) He ran up the watchman of the Houses of Parliament:
- This is it, he did, not Russian soldiers. He came at 6 am. I saw him and his family out of the basement window. Not a soul on the street. He slid along the bench and ordered the woman to sit down, the same thing told to children. I did not understand what he was going to do. And then he shot the mother and son. The girl did not want to die, then he laid her down on the bench and also shot and killed. Stepped back and looked at the result shot himself. “

[tecumseh35]

They took the cowardly and easy way out.

[corpsehands]

I want my nazi scalps

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by tecumseh35 ↗

They took the cowardly and easy way out.

He might have made the 'best' choice...considering his options.

He knew the Russians would have their revenge on a Nazi official and his family.

Plus, he knew he richly deserved whatever horrible treatment the Russians doled out.

Probably shoot the son right off.

Rape the mother a couple of times and then shoot her.

Rape the girl for a few days, prolonging her agony and finally shoot her.

Or leave her to relive the horror for all her life.

[Cerebral222]

Yet another dark story of a very dark era in mankind's history. Despair is the destroyer of hope, but as we see here, one mans despair, ended the hope of others. In WWII, about 50 million people died; I wonder what WWIII will bring, and how many stories like this it will produce. A neat post, all in all, and a sobering reminder to the potential nature of mankind when caught in a corner.