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Franz Ziegler,German reenactor. A member of Projetto900 group. A very acurate set of reenactors. His home is in Rome.

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Franz Ziegler,German reenactor. He is a member of Projetto900 group. A very acurate set of reenactors.

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 Hauptsturmführer Siegfried Brosow 

( Born: December 10 , 1918 in Steinfelde in East Prussia - Died: November 18 , 2008 in Oberkotzau )

Sturmbannführer (Storm Unit Leader/Major), in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Siegfried Brosow joined the SS-VT(auxiliary) in 1937 and was issued the SS service number SS 353059. He was selected to be an officer and sent to the SS-Junkerschule at Brunswick from 1939 to 1940, while he was at the school he joined the NSDAP in December 1939 being given the party number NSDAP-Nr: 7 145 966. During the Battle of France Untersturmführer (Storm Leader/Second Lieutenatnt) Brosow was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class for bravery and the Iron Cross 1st class, during the first assault on Moscow and was promoted to Obersturmführer (Senior Storm Leader/First Lieutenant) on 30 January 1942.

He returned to the Das Reich Pionier battalion in January 1943 as the commander of the 1st Company, until he became the commander of the Divisional staff in October 1943.

During the rebuilding of Das Reich in 1944 he became the temporary Pionier Battalion Commander and assumed full command during the Normandy Campaign. He led the Battalion until February 1945 when he was reassigned to the SS-Pionierschule as the commander of training and remained here until captured by the Russians in May 1945.

Upon his release he became a school teacher. Siegfried Brasow died on the 18 November 2008.

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Werner Mölders 

(18 March 1913 – 22 November 1941)

World War II German Luftwaffe pilot, wing commander, and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. He became the first pilot in aviation history to shoot down 100 enemy aircraft and was highly decorated for his achievements. Mölders developed fighter tactics that led to the finger-four formation. Mölders joined the Luftwaffe, the air force of Nazi Germany, in 1934. In 1938 he volunteered for service in Germany's Condor Legion, then supporting General Francisco Franco's Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War, and shot down 14 aircraft. Following the start of World War II in 1939, he took part in the "Phoney War" of 1939–1940, the Battle of France of May to June 1940, and the Battle of Britain (July 1940 onwards). With his tally standing at 68 victories, Mölders and his unit, the Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51), transferred to the Eastern Front in June 1941 for the opening of Operation Barbarossa, achieving 101 victories by mid-July 1941. Prevented from flying further combat missions for propaganda reasons, at the age of 28 Mölders was appointed Inspector of Fighters. While inspecting the Luftwaffe units in the Crimea he received orders to return to Berlin to attend the state funeral of Ernst Udet, a Luftwaffe general and World War I flying ace. The aircraft in which Mölders was traveling as a passenger to Berlin experienced an engine failure and attempted an emergency landing. It crashed at Breslau, killing Mölders and two others.

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Erich Alfred Hartmann

German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions.

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Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein

(30 October 1906 – 28 April 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen SS of Nazi Germany. He was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun through his marriage to her sister Gretl.

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WW1 German gunner using a Parabellum MG 14.

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Brandenburg Gate

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Catching a few minutes of sleep wherever they can.

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WWII German messengers.

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Something I want very badly.

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Legendary Panzer Ace Michael Wittmann

Michael Wittmann was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armored Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. 

Born: April 22, 1914, Vogelthal, Dietfurt, Germany

Died: August 8, 1944, Normandy, France

Place of burial: La Cambe German War Cemetery, La Cambe, France

Spouse: Hildegard Burmester (m. 1944–1944)

Parents: Johann Wittmann, Ursula Lachermayer

Awards: Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Battles/wars: World War II > Eastern Front > Operation Barbarossa;

Wittmann is credited with 135 tank kills. Hhe achieved 120 of these in 1943, operating a Tiger I tank on the Eastern Front.

Wittmann was killed on 8 August 1944 together with the crew of his Tiger tank by Allied units during the Battle of the Falaise Pocket. His remains were not found until 1983; they were later reinterred at La Cambe cemetery.

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Alternative transport.

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feeding an orfan.