Decoration of a Hitler Youth member, March 1945
A man in a long leather coat and peaked cap, identified in published accounts as Joseph Goebbels, shakes the hand of a boy in a Wehrmacht helmet and greatcoat at the head of a rank of soldiers. The archive title names the boy as Hitler Youth member Willi Hübner, receiving a decoration. The handshake, made in front of a camera, attaches the state's military honour to a child's service.
- Date
- March 9, 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Nazi German state (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda; decoration photographed for publication)
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Nazi Germany
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Regime
- Nazi Germany
- Leader
- Adolf Hitler
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J31305), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (German Federal Archives), as stated on the Commons file page
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J31305 / photographer not recorded / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Text on the object
No printed or legible text on this object.
