General der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel (Kommandierenden General vom Stellvertretenden Generalkommando V. Armeekorps in Stuttgart und Befehlshaber vom Wehrkreis V) inspecting German exchange POWs in Stuttgart who just returning from England, summer of 1944. His right pocket breast star should be the Bulgarian Military Merit Order 1. Class with War Decoration (which he received on 15 August 1941). Behind him is SA-Obergruppenführer Dr.jur. Jonathan Schmid (württembergischer Innenminister). Many of these prisoners are member of the Afrikakorps. They were exchanged with some British POWs. The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger.
The Geneva Convention makes provision for the repatriation of all Prisoners of War, even during hostilities. During 1939-1945 it was only possible for the British and Germans to reach agreement over the seriously ill and disabled. For the majority of the 40,000 British servicemen who were taken prisoner in 1939 and 1940, the war was to be a very long and dispiriting experience. Negotiations, conducted through the Red Cross, over the repatriation of seriously wounded men, had begun in late 1940. They did not progress very far because there were far fewer German men in this category than British. It was only after substantial numbers of Germans were taken prisoner in the Desert campaign of 1942 that the talks resumed. The actual exchange of prisoners did not take place until October 1943
Welcoming ceremony in Stuttgart for the German exchange POWs (mostly Afrikakorps) who just returned from England. The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger in the summer of 1944.
Two German soldiers smiles to the camera. They were part of exchange POWs (mostly Afrikakorps) who just returned from England. The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger in Stuttgart, summer of 1944.
German exchange POWs (mostly Afrikakorps) during welcoming ceremony in Stuttgart, summer of 1944.
Source :
https://artsandculture.google.com/search?q=hugo%20jaeger&hl=en
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/history-research-third-reich-ww2/you-war-over-period-photos-german-pows-686919-76/#post1825154
https://www.zinnfigur.com/Ritterkreuztraeger-in-Farbe-2023.html#&gid=1&pid=5
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