WWII Russian soldier found 75 years after the war, buried inside a trench.

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image showing WWII Russian soldier found 75 years after the war, buried inside a trench.

Ditch_Eel on May 29th, 2024 at 14:18 UTC »

PPSH 41

Spartan2470 on May 29th, 2024 at 14:49 UTC »

This image doesn't show up on Google Reverse Image Search. TinEye led me to this submission from March 2014. There /u/thrawn21 provides the following quote:

German authorities oversaw the entire excavation process (once it was determined by the hunters that their dig contained human remains) and each soldier was accounted for, placed in separate containers (as they were unearthed), and eventually buried in a German war cemetery with a military ceremony.

Googling that quote only leads to old reddit posts that don't provide a source and to an IG account that appears to only post popular reddit submissions.

In the good old days I'd offer gold to anyone who could find a reputable source. Since the admins took that away I can only offer my sincere gratitude.

Edit: Shoutout to /u/probablynotalone for this very helpful and interesting comment.

haightor on May 29th, 2024 at 14:53 UTC »

War is so sad. This guy was probably just a young man ready to start his life. Mom and dad loved him, he had hopes and dreams and hobbies and friends. Then he just dies in a trench and no one even knows his name.