**World War Collection – Album 23

Documentary Photo Archive (1939–1945) – 349 Original Regiment Photos**

A Photo Description (English) is included!

A historically important documentary archive containing 349 original photographs from a single regiment, covering the years 1939 to 1945.

This collection documents the complete wartime journey of one unit—from early training in Salzburg to the campaigns in Poland, France, the Balkans, the Eastern Front, the Caucasus, Crimea, Romania, Hungary, and the final retreat into Central Europe.

All images are original files, preserved in their authentic state and suitable for printing up to A4 size.

Every photo includes its original caption, translated into English, providing rare insight into daily life, movements, and events experienced by this regiment.

Editorial use is permitted when credit is given: © Remo Kurka.

What’s Included

• 349 original WWII photographs
• All from one regiment, forming a continuous visual record
• Timeframe: 1939–1945
• Locations include:
• Salzburg, Berchtesgaden, Hellbrunn
• Slovakia, Poland, Zlín, Stryj, Drohobycz
• France (Reims, Laon, Soissons, Marne, Rocroi, Pontarlier)
• Belgium
• Yugoslavia, Croatia, Carinthia
• Ukraine (Lviv, Stalino, Taganrog, Dnieper region)
• Crimea (Kerch, Yalta, Sevastopol)
• Romania (Constanța, Brăila)
• Hungary, Carpathians, High Tatras
• Subjects include:
• Training, barracks life, marches, construction exercises
• Signals units, mountain troops, artillery, bunkers
• Borders, bridges, landscapes, villages, cities
• Prisoners, casualties, destroyed infrastructure
• Retreat movements 1944–45
• Daily life: celebrations, rest, sports, bathing, meals
• Equipment repair, vehicles, tanks, aircraft
• Naval evacuation across the Black Sea
• All images are original, not edited or altered
• Some scenes appear in different lighting conditions (e.g., flash / no‑flash), exactly as photographed

Historical Significance

Album 23 is a rare, complete photographic timeline of one regiment’s wartime experience, including:

• The invasion of Poland (1939)
• The Western Campaign in France and Belgium (1940)
• The Balkans Campaign (1941)
• Operation Barbarossa and the Eastern Front (1941–1943)
• The Caucasus and Kuban bridgehead (1942–1943)
• Crimea and the evacuation from Sevastopol (1944)
• Retreat through Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech lands (1944–1945)
• Captivity in the USSR until 1947

This makes the archive valuable for historians, researchers, museums, documentary producers, and educators.

Usage Rights

Editorial Use Allowed

• Books, documentaries, academic publications
• Historical research, exhibitions, museum projects
• News articles, educational websites

Credit required:

© Remo Kurka

Not Allowed

• Resale of digital files
• Uploading to stock photo platforms
• Selling as digital downloads on marketplaces
• Use in merchandise or print‑on‑demand products
• Removal of the required credit line

Format

• High‑resolution JPEG files
• Suitable for printing up to A4
• Original captions translated into English
• Organized by image number for easy reference