Some interesting pictures of a German WW2 airship:

https://youtu.be/MIpgDmjCkxs

At 1min 40 seconds.
However, the rest is worth viewing.
Remarkable: the very young soldiers participating

Not an airship really; an airship provides a cabin for a pilot and/or crew because it can be moved using its own power. This is a barrage balloon they've attached a basket to so a soldier can get a better field of view. It has no ability to move without external help.

Rest of the video was interesting.

Hopefully, there were no Soviet fighters present. I wonder if the "airships" wre crewed by Luftwaffe personal? According to H. Göhring " Everthing that flies belong to me"

and who's the lucky guy that gets to sit in the gondola, a sitting duck!

This was just a observation baloon possible for artillery spotting.Great video also.

Such balloons were used on the western front as well :












More pics here :

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-nazi-propaganda-image-depicts-a-captive-balloon-of-the-german-122013911.html

H.P.