karlori
Digital Refugee
I did see some of the period photographs that were hand colored, can not really make up my mind if this is in fact the case here but some of the skin tones really do look like that.
Amazing photos of Nazi Germany by Hugo Jaeger using a Leica LTM??
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I did see some of the period photographs that were hand colored, can not really make up my mind if this is in fact the case here but some of the skin tones really do look like that.
Penny Lane
Hopelessly Citrophile
Couple of pictures further down (No. 50) we see Hitler & Porsche standing next to a KDF convertible prototype, probably discussing technical details. A well-known shot among air-cooled VW fans & included in many books on that subject. Incidentally, I've only ever seen that pic in B&W even in full-color publications, food for the theory that at least some of these shots may be hand-colored...
Derk
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Not really. The Leica was introduced in 1924 and grew a rangefinder in early 1932, just before the Contax 1 was introduced. The first reliable Contaxes (II and III) didn't appear until 1936.
I wonder where the Kodachrome was processed during the war? Was there a lab in Germany or in one of the occupied countries? Or was it Agfacolor Neue (1936)?
The comments about 'normalcy' reminded me of the poem "All there is to know about Adolf Eichmann" by Leonard Cohen. I won't reproduce it here as I respect copyright, but Google it and you'll find it soon enough.
Cheers,
R.
Pablito
coco frío
Of course it is objectionable, but it is also fascinating and important to preserve and study. For instance, the way so many viewers have characterized the images as "humanizing." I don't see that for some reason. I see them more as terrifying.
kehng
Established
Yep I agree. Certainly equal measures fascinating and terrifying. The "humanising" aspect could be that we often forget that Hitler was a human after all...
mugent
Well-known
I don't find the photos objectionable, it's important we remember what happened, or we are doomed to repeat it (paraphrasing Churchill). Of course, the human race being what it is, we'll repeat it anyway...
Amazing photos, a still image always seems to capture more than the moving image, maybe because the eye has time to study it?
Amazing photos, a still image always seems to capture more than the moving image, maybe because the eye has time to study it?
red snapper
Established
Any idea what cameras and films were used to take these?
http://englishrussia.com/2011/11/27/rare-photos-of-wwii-in-color/
http://englishrussia.com/2011/11/27/rare-photos-of-wwii-in-color/
raid
Dad Photographer
I find this material very interesting. It may be quite alarming and insulting to many people to be reminded of that era, but this is history. People need to "know" so that things will not be repeated. Leave politics out and enjoy the photography side to it (with a chill ...).
maggieo
More Deadly
Fascinating series of photographs that has an immediate impact and, I think, brings home the idea that we must be ever-watchful to surrender our wits and hearts to thugs in snappy uniforms.
But the first question that came to my mind was about the shape of the photos- they're right around the widescreen aspect ration of 16x9 (in the small version on Flickr, they're 100x56), were they all cropped to that or did they come from a camera that shot in that format? Not all of the photos are in that aspect ratio, so it made me wonder why some are.
But the first question that came to my mind was about the shape of the photos- they're right around the widescreen aspect ration of 16x9 (in the small version on Flickr, they're 100x56), were they all cropped to that or did they come from a camera that shot in that format? Not all of the photos are in that aspect ratio, so it made me wonder why some are.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Remember that the Soviet Union was an ally, so Kodachrome is a possibility. More likely than the other main contender, Agfacolor Neue.
Like others, I don't think these are hand coloured.
Cheers,
R.
porktaco
Well-known
it's not propaganda. it's history. no one is advocating a nazi reality. however, to ignore an intimate historical record would be to diminish the potential to understand how such a thing happened and to prevent such a thing from happening again.
peterm1
Veteran
It somehow makes it more scary to see it in colour. It makes it clear that these things really happened. I look at the keen eager faces of people in photos like these and realise their faces are not all that dissimilar to the ones I see every day in streets in Australia in 2012. Invariably the question that occurs to me is "What the f*ck were you thinking?"
I have recently been reading Martin Gilbert's history of the Holocaust. It is hard to read, not because it is badly written but because it is so unremitting in its horrors. People were not just killed, which was bad enough, but were very often killed with great cruelty. And this happened over and over and over. Six million times throughout Europe.
In my mind it underlines the importance of being distrusting of demagogues and other populist political leaders. Germany too was originally a democracy - this is how Hitler came to power in 1933.
If you are interested in this era, watch the German TV movie Der Untergang - The Downfall. Its mostly about Hitler in his bunker but its also the story of his private secretary, a young woman who fell under his spell (not romantically) . Shows how seductive power is to those who are in its presence and how corrupting it cna be if not held in check.
I have recently been reading Martin Gilbert's history of the Holocaust. It is hard to read, not because it is badly written but because it is so unremitting in its horrors. People were not just killed, which was bad enough, but were very often killed with great cruelty. And this happened over and over and over. Six million times throughout Europe.
In my mind it underlines the importance of being distrusting of demagogues and other populist political leaders. Germany too was originally a democracy - this is how Hitler came to power in 1933.
If you are interested in this era, watch the German TV movie Der Untergang - The Downfall. Its mostly about Hitler in his bunker but its also the story of his private secretary, a young woman who fell under his spell (not romantically) . Shows how seductive power is to those who are in its presence and how corrupting it cna be if not held in check.
lawnpotter
Well-known
I saw a documentary that stated that Hugo Boss designed the uniforms for the Nazi's. Also, Hitler spent many hours in his personal photographers studio practicing many poses in order to create the persona that we see in all the film footage. those photographs still exist.
Roger Hicks
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n5jrn
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nebraska
Member
Most fascinating and also troubling pictures and interesting thread. I just would like to make a minor, though significant, point in regard to the above statement. It is true that Hitler came to power in a democracy. But it also needs to be mentioned that he never received a majority of votes. It also may be worthwhile to mention that Hitler's "success" only began after the Wall Street crash of 1929. His ascend to chancellor was facilitated by the "conservative" business, financial and aristocratic elite that hated democracy. He was appointed by the conservative president Paul von Hindenburg and voted the Enabling Act (dictatorial power) with the help of the conservative parties including the influential Zentrums Partei (the parent party of today's CDU) after the burning of the Reichstag (blamed on the Communists). It was the liberal/socialist/left parties that opposed the act and then paid a heavy price for their principled position.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Very true. It's a question of timing. You'd need much more precise dates than I can muster to answer that one, but it does look as if at least some of the Russian pictures are VERY late, so it could well be the case.
Cheers,
R.
ndnik
Established
This is precisely what is so alarming about these photographs: they were humans who did this, like us.
bgb
Well-known
I think the photographs are wonderful such good composition and great exposure, the man was a hell of a photographer. Interesting to see WW2 images in colour rather that B&W as it looks real in a way that B&W doesn't.
Had I been born in that place and time would my face have appeared in one of his images, would I have gone along with the mass hysteria? I hope I would have seen reason but think I might have joined in... scary stuff.
Had I been born in that place and time would my face have appeared in one of his images, would I have gone along with the mass hysteria? I hope I would have seen reason but think I might have joined in... scary stuff.
Steve3333
Newbie
Wow, I am speechless. What a great collection. For those who likes history, this is quite something. Sad that this period of history ended up in such mass murder because of the Nazi regime.
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