The photo is touching: in an apparently old photo you can see a female soldier breastfeeding a child.

According to the description, it is said to be a Russian soldier breastfeeding a German orphan in 1945. The image has been on several social media platforms for some time and is currently being circulated again.

Here for example on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2942076362503661&set=a.201001633277828&type=3

And here on Twitter:

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Is the picture real?

If something is posted and claimed often, it must be real, right?
Incorrect. This just means that one source simply believes the other without checking and spreads it further, but the frequency never says anything about the authenticity .

This picture is a good example of this, as there are other photos of the soldier:

Image source: 35photo.pro, more pictures of the soldier
Image source: 35photo.pro , more pictures of the soldier

The soldier and child also appear extremely photogenic, which makes it seem less authentic. So where do the images come from?

The photo competition

Since 2014, the site “ 35photos ” has been looking for the best images of the year, which will then be shown in an exhibition the following year.
The photographer Natalia Zakonova submitted on August 25, 2014 , which you can also see at this link .

The images are titled “ Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory .” Natalia Zakonova is alluding to May 8, 2015, when Russia and several other countries celebrated the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945.

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Conclusion

Even if it is often claimed: it is not an authentic photo from 1945, but a photo of a participant in a photo competition in 2014.

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