These young German soldiers, likely taken directly from the rank of a local Hitler Youth group, were captured somewhere outside of Leipzig Germany in May of 1945. The recent discovery of a 600+ negative grouping from a chaplain in the 9th armored division yielded this yielded this gem of an image. The emotion and raw sadness of the war can be seen in the eyes of the boy smoking the cigarette in the left side of the photo. They can’t be more than eight or nine years old.
Portraits of War 
Yes Great Photo for your collection. I wonder how they felt long after their capture and indeed how they survived into Adulthood.
They must have had many Nightmares.
Armo
Armo,
Thanks for the comment. I wonder where they are now? Imagine the stories they could tell.
B
There is a book called Parallel Journeys and it takes a look at things from a Hitler Youth perspective.