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We do not fully understand the attitude of Polish children toward the German soldiers. We see some photogrphs taken by German soldiers showing friendly relations with children. This is sometimes difficult to assess, but the expressions on their faces provide some clues to their fellings. Clearly many Polish children did not fear the Germans. We think most of the photographs, however, before the Germans began to commit attricities in the country side, especoally extendive deportations. And of course, most younger children love to be photographed. These are not propaganda photographs, but snapshots taken by individual soldiers. Many of these photographs turned up in albums compiled by the soldiers. We are not sure how to evaluate these photographs and how represenative they are. Nor do we know how this relationshp changed over time. The images do, however, provide a fascinating glimse of occupied Poland.
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