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Hans Georg Henke Child of War
East German Communist Hans Georg Henke the 16 year old pictured at the war end recalls May 1 1945 in Finsterwalde as Russians and Americans closed in He walked 60 miles to reach American lines and survived with a wounded foot and typhus now 39 he lives with his wife and child Claudia in a postwar apartment and works in county medical programs He fled west with fellow soldiers and refugees as the German retreat collapsed preserving the famous image of Hitler kaput and reflecting a rebirth after the war
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Hans Georg Henke
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Hitler Kaput
Hubert J. Erb
Finsterwalde
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Georg Henke
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Claudia
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Berlin