First Communion Portrait (Germany, 1946)

Figure 1.--This unidentified German boy from Wolfsratshausen did in his First Communion just after World War II in 1946. He is with his grandfather, probably because his father was killed in the War or in a Russian or Allied POW camp. His grandfather seems to be a rather prominant person. He is very formally dressed in a top hat. The boy wears a short pants suit with an open collar shirt, white knee socks and black strap shoes. Both are holding their gloves. Grandfather has grey gloves and the boy has white gloves.

This unidentified German boy from Wolfsratshausen did in his First Communion just after World War II in 1946. He is with his grandfather, probably because his father was killed in the War or in a Russian or Allied POW camp. (Most German soldiers did not survive Soviet POW camps and those that did not return to Germany until the 1950s. Most soliers in Allied camps were released in 1945 or 46, unless accused of war crimes.) His grandfather seems to be a rather prominant person. He is very formally dressed in a top hat. The boy wears a short pants suit with an open collar shirt, white knee socks and black strap shoes. Both are holding their gloves. Grandfather has grey gloves and the boy has white gloves.

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