Waffen SS move out,leaving Russian POW's behind.Battle of Kursk

Waffen SS

German sniper and observer at the Eastern Front using a knocked-out T-34 as cover. The sniper rifle is equipped with the insufficient ZF-41 (1.5 powered scope). Soviet Union, June/July 1943. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-219-0562A-31)

Sniper &amp; scout

Rochus Misch (born July 29, 1917) Was a former Oberscharführer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He worked as a courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler. He is the only one who was in the führer bunker 30 april 1945 who still is alive today.