Soldaten in Paris

[BrodieBartfast]

Thanks to you B.B. for allowing to share these images.
This is the first one that I bought. I made a photo with my mobile and the truth is that I had never scanned it, it's in my showcase with my ribbon bars. I hope it looks good.

Attachment 1308802

Now I have to go to work, but tonight (Spanish time) I would like to share the best of my collection of photographs of German soldiers at the Eiffel Tower.
I trust that when you see it, you will agree with me that it is a unique image.

I look forward to seeing it!

B.B.

[TabsTabs1964]

Finally, I took some pictures of my showcase and I photographed them together with the souvenirs I bought in a family visit to Paris....

[TabsTabs1964]

I imagine that there was an excellent reason for the happy faces of the photographs of German soldiers in Paris, since June 1941. Simply that they were not in Russia...

I wanted to leave this photograph for the end. I have always thought that it is something unique.



Paris, March 14, 1942. Taken from the Champ-de-Mars, with the Eiffel Tower in the background and behind the Palais de Chaillot. A group of about thirty German soldiers with their French guide.

But in the foreground of the image, the photographer and his wife, about to make the group portrait.

I've always wondered who took the photo of the photographer ....

[TabsTabs1964]

B.B. The photographer who took the photo with which you have started this thread is one of those who regularly took pictures of German tourists in front of the Eiffel Tower.

[BrodieBartfast]

Another passing German with his own camera, maybe. I can't imagine a French civilian would have been particularly keen to photograph German soldiers. It's one of those mysteries that can never be answered.

B.B.

[TabsTabs1964]

How many photos were made to German soldiers? I imagine that many, many thousands.
The luck is that the photographers numbered them. I have six with the date on which it was clearly visible on the poster that was placed before the group of soldiers and since a correlative number was written on the photo, I have calculated the following:
June 14, 1942. Photo number 7,780
June 22, 1942. Photo number 7,921. In 8 days, 141 photos (17 a day on average)
July 22, 1942. Photo number 8,367. In 30 days, 446 photos (15 a day on average)
August 19, 1942. Photo number 9,028. In 27 days, 661 photos (24 a day on average)
September 9, 1942. Photo number 9,581. In 21 days, 553 photos (26 a day on average)
And that's a single photographer!.
I guess it is not too scientific, because I could not find out if there were photographers in the winter months or how many were dedicated to it, but as you may have noticed it is a subject that has interested me a lot.
By the way, I have other images of German soldiers sightseeing in Paris, but not in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Best regards, friends.
Santi

[BrodieBartfast]

How many photos were made to German soldiers? I imagine that many, many thousands.
The luck is that the photographers numbered them. I have six with the date on which it was clearly visible on the poster that was placed before the group of soldiers and since a correlative number was written on the photo, I have calculated the following:
June 14, 1942. Photo number 7,780
June 22, 1942. Photo number 7,921. In 8 days, 141 photos (17 a day on average)
July 22, 1942. Photo number 8,367. In 30 days, 446 photos (15 a day on average)
August 19, 1942. Photo number 9,028. In 27 days, 661 photos (24 a day on average)
September 9, 1942. Photo number 9,581. In 21 days, 553 photos (26 a day on average)
And that's a single photographer!.
I guess it is not too scientific, because I could not find out if there were photographers in the winter months or how many were dedicated to it, but as you may have noticed it is a subject that has interested me a lot.
By the way, I have other images of German soldiers sightseeing in Paris, but not in front of the Eiffel Tower.
Best regards, friends.
Santi

Well, I did title the thread 'Soldaten in Paris!' If you have period photographs of other landmarks, they would be a worthy contribution.

B.B.

[TabsTabs1964]

Dammit! I am sick of always an untimely tourist spoils me a good photo!



Best regards

[BrodieBartfast]

Dammit! I am sick of always an untimely tourist spoils me a good photo!



Best regards

Just think, those accidental photobombs have granted them a permanent place in photographic history. A second earlier or a second later, and that wouldn't have been the case.

B.B.

[TabsTabs1964]

The Arc de Triumph.



The Sacré-Cœur Basilica.



The Moulin Rouge.



Notre Dame