[niteowl77]

A few of those pictures are part of a well-known series of carefully staged photos of Kampfgruppe Hansen; one of Steven Zaloga's books shows a bunch of them and provides a bit of background information. IIRC, there was one particular SS corporal who was placed hither and thither for best effect. The destruction was real enough, but supposedly the Germans who actually caused it had already moved on.

Mr. niteowl77

[BroJoeK]

niteowl77: "..those pictures are part of a well-known series of carefully staged photos of Kampfgruppe Hansen..."

Thanks!

So, what are you telling us?
That Nazis would deliberately stage photos for their propaganda value, rather than strict historical truth?
No!
Say it ain't so...

;-)