SS-Standartenführer Otto Skorzeny, Europe's most dangerous man as entitled by the allies, at the entrance of the castle of Budapest, the Budavari palota. The picture was taken directly after the seizure of the hungarian government, October 16th 1944. In the background -with armband- the mayor of Budapest, waiting for further instructions.

Skorzeny in Budapest

An Untersturmführer (2nd Lt.) of the 3rd SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Totenkopf&quot; gives the signal for an attack. He's armed with a russian  PPSh-41 submachine gun.

Charge!

Soldiers of the 15th Panzergrenadier-Division after their capture at the Battle of Gabes Gap (North Africa, April 1943). Different expressions on the faces are cognizable  but it seems that the relief of surviving the war prevails.