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Burgomeister of Leipzig slumped over his desk as wife & daughter are slouched across chairs, all 3 having committed suicide as 69th Infantry Division & 9th Armored Division closed in on city at end of WWII.
Location:Germany
Date taken:April 20, 1945
Photographer:J. M. Heslop
Size:1280 x 853 pixels (17.8 x 11.8 inches)

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