A couple of HJ camp photos:
Troop transport with sea camo photos:
A couple of HJ camp photos:
Troop transport with sea camo photos:
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The Reichstag:
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Found a nice little negative of a Stug. I scanned it in and inverted the negative (below). It's kind of funny that the guy standing by the last truck looks like he could be taking a leak, while the Stug commander is yelling back to get a move on.
a great collection,.but for future reference watermark your pictures when posting them online as people can create re-productions of them,especially if they are well photographed & look good in HD.& then they are out there in the collectors circles as origionals.
silas
The caption to the photo of the soldier with the teddy bear says:
"Mein Bruder im Urlaub
1943 Januar am Ab-
schieds-Abend."
["My brother on leave
1943 January on the
evening of goodbye*"]
*) A literal translation; the term "Abschiedsabend" does not translate too well; it refers to the last evening before he went away again.
You know, I can't help but wonder whether the presence of the bear has any special meaning (was it his beloved toy when he was a child? Did it belong to his own children?) and whether this goodbye was perhaps the last one. Also, the contrast of Hitler's picture on the wall with something as innocent as a teddy bear makes the photo interesting.
By the way, he's a member of the Marineartillerie [Naval Artillery].
The photo with the flags is captioned as being of a Volkssturm oath-taking ceremony.
I wondered the same thing myself. I didn't want to caption the photo, since there was so much to find strange about it, and see what people might say. The bear maybe could have been a gift too?
There are actually Two photos of Hitler in the picture. He is surrounded by Hitler, with the small photo behind the lamp. I was wondering-perhaps the bear was from his child that was lost while he was away at the wars? He looks quite somber.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
You're right; I hadn't noticed that one. It's a framed postcard with a Hitler portrait by Willy Exner.by Wagriff
He also seems to be sitting with his elbow next to a Music box. (The key is sticking out of the left side panel).. All the more to wonder about a deceased child, when he is photographed next to perhaps their 2 favorite objects? Very odd photo.
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
This photo had a duplicate, which had writing on the back (shown below):
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