German soldiers, one a gefreiter, stand with a group of barefoot village children in white head scarves and peasant dress, probably in Ukraine in 1941

Gift of Craig Rogers & Harold Bierbower, from The Collection of The National WWII Museum
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German soldiers, one a gefreiter, stand with a group of barefoot village children in white head scarves and peasant dress, probably in Ukraine in 1941. Thatched huts can be seen in distance.

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Harold Bierbower was born in Pennsylvania on 27 November 1911. He enlisted on 3 June 1942 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. Army and served in the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Bierbower served in the ETO in Belgium, Holland, and France.
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Ukraina
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49.000
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32.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--German--Ukraine
Villages--Ukraine
Children--Ukraine
Roads--Ukraine