An American paratrooper of the 101st Airborne Division, identifiable by his 'Airborne' shoulder tab and Screaming Eagle patch, conducts an informal interview with a civilian woman in this photograph, labeled in the original collection as 'Hitler's Sister.' In spring 1945, elements of the 101st Airborne occupied the Obersalzberg region near Berchtesgaden, Adolf Hitler's Bavarian mountain retreat, where American forces located and questioned members of the extended Hitler family, including his surviving sister, Paula. While the precise identity of the woman shown here cannot be independently verified, the photograph reflects the kind of encounters between American servicemen and German civilians that took place as US forces secured southern Germany in the final weeks of the war. Project: 218668