Naaazis in color...

[archosman]

No... not Illinois Naaazis!



Source (http://community.livejournal.com/photo_polygon/991878.html)

[steved110]

Amazingly creepy pictures. should be required viewing though - it's too easy to put this stuff in the back of our collective conscience.

Thanks for the link.

[Pete]

I only had time to run through the first page of photos, but this proves to be an extremely interesting and thought provoking set of images from that period.

Very good photography also from a good PJ, whoever he was.

[Mike McCusker]

Terrific series. The photographer obviously had unlimited access to the **** Hierarcy. These look like they were taken early on in Hitler's regime. I don't know that a Life photographer would have been around him in the later stages of the war..

[Pete]

The photographer here is most likely to be Hugo Jaeger, Hitler's personal photographer.

[Mike McCusker]

The photographer here is most likely to be Hugo Jaeger, Hitler's personal photographer.

I wonder how life got to copywrite them?

[Pete]

I wonder how life got to copywrite them?

Probably was sub-licensed from Das Spegiel, where they were first published.

Just a guess though.

[Ballen Photo]

The photographer here is most likely to be Hugo Jaeger, Hitler's personal photographer.
And using a 6x6 Hasselblad with Zeiss lens no doubt. ;)
-Bruce

[Pete]

And using a 6x6 Hasselblad with Zeiss lens no doubt. ;)
-Bruce

No idea. There's no EXIF...

[AngryCorgi]

Looks like the marching group was spelling out the "M" for "Marxism"...

[12mnkys]

Nice find...Definitely an intersting POV.

[ShootinOkie]

You know I never get over that fact that the ****'s loved that swastika, man they put it on everything. I guess they had a fear of losing brand identity.



edit: I didn't realize that word was filtered, but it makes sense. ****= members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

[ibdb]

edit: I didn't realize that word was filtered, but it makes sense.
There are some very strict laws in some European nations regarding the use of that word in any way that could be interpreted as promoting the ideology behind it, or profiting or benefiting in some way from its use. This being an international forum, is particularly aware of its use.

POTN is far from alone -- even Google by default excludes the term from searches and results.

On the photos, the crowd scenes were particularly impressive to me. The sense of scale and order was interesting to behold.

[Ballen Photo]

You know I never get over that fact that the ****'s loved that swastika, man they put it on everything. I guess they had a fear of losing brand identity.
Thankfully their VW's seem to have come through without them.
Anybody else notice those classic old Vee Dubs? :cool:
-Bruce

[ibdb]

Thankfully their VW's seem to have come through without them.
Anybody else notice those classic old Vee Dubs? :cool:
-Bruce
I did. They were so similar in appearance to that for so long that at first glance they seemed completely out of place -- an anachronism that wasn't. :lol:

[20droger]

You should read about the invention of the Volkswagen, directly under Hitler's orders. He even suggested the beetle shape.

The original car, very few of which were produced, and all of which were used by high party officials, was the KdF Wagen ("KdF" stood for "Kraft durch Freude" [Strength through Joy]). The ones in the picture are undoubtedly KdF Wagens, most likely the VW39 models.

The presence of the KdF Wagens dates those particular pictures to not earlier than 1939. History dates the pictures to not later than mid 1942.

The VW was one of the very few good things that regime accomplished.

Another was the Autobahn. Beautiful highways in a terrible time. But then, they were nice roads for the Allies in the final days of the war.

Another interesting thing about the early VWs was the role the British played in resurecting the car after the war. Read the history (Google will help there), and you'll never think of the humble little VW Beetle the same way again. It really was "The Car that Saved Germany!"

[neil_r]

Many can be dated before May 1941 as they contain Rudolf Hess and some before July 1934 as they contain Ernst Röhm

You know I never get over that fact that the ****'s loved that swastika, man they put it on everything. I guess they had a fear of losing brand identity.

But it was stolen from india and rotated slightly....

http://www.ambrosiabbs.com/gallery/photo/medium/Mauritius_Jan_2009_NHR5068.jpg

[AngryCorgi]

It all started with Coca-Cola...

...and the freaking Boy Scouts!

[s8langwo]

A very interesting time capsule.

Kevin

[musicmaster]

LOL at this dude's face

http://www.****themeat.com/foto2/****incolor/9.jpg


edit. linking to the picture doesnt work???

[thomascanty]

Use ************ on the link.

[hawkeye60]

A truly frightening period of recent history.