Historic photos taken in Berlin Germany just before the war started by an American Life Magazine photographer from 1939-40 which were lost for 70 years. The American photographer disappeared at the beginning of the war along with his Roliflex camera. Shown are the original photos found by a nurse who worked at a Berlin hospital who kept them all these years. After her death her daughter returned them to the current editors who retained the copyrights to Life Magazine, which stopped publishing in the 1970’s. The photos are quite good for being 70 years old, and an interesting piece of history never before seen, but it is disturbing to see a nation so obsessed with military power with an evil ruler having such a powerful ccontrolling influence over them. World War 11 started shortly after these photos were taken. No one will ever know what happened to the American photographer, but some of his long lost work will now live on for world history buffs to view.
Archiv für Februar 2012
Berlin Germany 1939-40 Very rare historic Life Magazine photos lost for 70 years
Montag, 27. Februar 2012D-Day to Berlin – The Battle for France (Part 2 of 6)
Freitag, 24. Februar 2012In 1944, Europe’s future hung in the balance. Our 3-part series follows the story of Allied forces–from Normandy to the assault on Germany–and the victories that led to WWII’s end in 1945. We begin on the day after D-Day, unfolding over the summer of 1944 as the initial narrow sliver of French coastline gained by the Allies is slowly extended. By the end of August, Allied victory seemed assured. Rommel had been wounded, Hitler was directing the battle, and the German army was in full retreat.
D-Day to Berlin – Last Days of the Reich (Part 3 of 6)
Dienstag, 21. Februar 2012Hitler’s last great offensive in the Ardennes failed. With British and US armies poised to cross the Rhine in the west, and Soviet forces advancing towards the River Oder in the east, only one offer was on the table for Germany–unconditional surrender. The Allies would not negotiate with a country that had plunged Europe into war twice in 30 years. When the unconditional surrender came, it did give birth to a new European order–but one dominated by Stalin, not democracy and freedom.
D-Day to Berlin – Last Days of the Reich (Part 2 of 6)
Samstag, 18. Februar 2012Hitler’s last great offensive in the Ardennes failed. With British and US armies poised to cross the Rhine in the west, and Soviet forces advancing towards the River Oder in the east, only one offer was on the table for Germany–unconditional surrender. The Allies would not negotiate with a country that had plunged Europe into war twice in 30 years. When the unconditional surrender came, it did give birth to a new European order–but one dominated by Stalin, not democracy and freedom.
D-Day to Berlin – Last Days of the Reich (Part 1 of 6)
Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2012Hitler’s last great offensive in the Ardennes failed. With British and US armies poised to cross the Rhine in the west, and Soviet forces advancing towards the River Oder in the east, only one offer was on the table for Germany–unconditional surrender. The Allies would not negotiate with a country that had plunged Europe into war twice in 30 years. When the unconditional surrender came, it did give birth to a new European order–but one dominated by Stalin, not democracy and freedom.