History of Sorts

Even amidst the Horrors of WWII there was still some time for compassion.

A wounded Australian soldier being helped by a local during World War II. (Papua New Guinea, 1942)

A Ukrainian woman, giving water to a captured Soviet soldier. (Ukraine, 1941)

A soldier sharing his food and water with children. (Saipan, 1944)

American soldiers, treating a wounded dog during World War II. (Guam, 1944)

A Dutch woman entering military captivity with her husband, a German soldier, 1944

American soldiers at the village fountain talking with a young woman, two children watch the scene in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy.

Soviet soldier in the liberated village, 1941

A Muslim woman protects a Jewish woman by covering her Star of David with her veil.

Dutch girls escorting American soldiers to a dance.

German soldier giving bread to an orphaned Russian boy, 1942