[Above: Here an SS-Hauptsturmführer from the Leibstandarte Division holds two kittens in the spring of 1942, Eastern Ukraine.]

[Above: A Finnish soldier feeds stray kittens.]

[Above: A krieg-kitten takes a ride on a motorcycle sidecar.]

[Above: Estonian soldiers and kitten.]

[Above: These two tired soldiers couldn't resist these kittens.]

[Above: Erich Bärenfänger.]

[Above: Two SS communications women and kittens.]

[Above: A Spanish Blue Division volunteer eats dinner on a hospital patio after being wounded on the Eastern Front. Shhh... no one tell him a kitten is stealing his dinner!]

[Above: Somewhere in Yugoslavia, 1943.]

[Below: The guy on the right has a look on his face like 'These are MY kittens, all MINE! Stay away from me! I'm now the MOMMA CAT!']


  • The following pictures are from an Unterscharfurhrer from the Totenkopf Division, circa 1942. Special thanks to Magick Mike!


    [Above: A German paratrooper rubs a black cat for luck]