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Seeing through the eyes of age
Aug 8, 2018 07:02:36 #
Transbuff1985 wrote:
I can see how this would affect you, how about the man in the wheel chair.
I'm sure he was flooded with memories, both good and bad. Saturday was a wonderful day for him as he was shown so much love and honor by participants and attendees.
Aug 8, 2018 07:13:29 #
That is a wonderful looking image you captured here. Well done.
Aug 8, 2018 07:15:41 #
fourg1b2006 wrote:
That is a wonderful looking image you captured here. Well done.
Thank you.
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Aug 8, 2018 10:58:17 #
Yes a lot of Germans were killed, but 6 million Jews, hundreds of thousands of Europe and and American GIs. Certainly there is a better way to honor those righteous Christians who rose to their ethics and protected those at risk! I am left wondering if that man was a Nazi himself or just one of the ones who refused to acknowledge what was happening at the time or since. Did the give the Nazi salute?
Sorry to attack, I guess you didn't really consider the consequences of posting this image.
Sorry to attack, I guess you didn't really consider the consequences of posting this image.
Aug 8, 2018 11:03:36 #
Defending their homes? Why did they have to, who were they fighting when defending? They were fighting my father in law who was a member of the Allied expedition Army, and my wife's stepfather who also fought against the country the boys were defending who created the most evil empire in the history of man. Look at the expanse of graves in Normandy! What role did those men and women have in the recreation? What role did the ashes in unmarked graves at Dachau have?
Sorry to blame the photographer, we can't ever forget that evil exist just below the surface.
Sorry to blame the photographer, we can't ever forget that evil exist just below the surface.
Stephan G wrote:
War is upsetting. There are no winners.
Recreations help give a perspective that is crucial to understanding what happened. The re-enactors do study for the parts they play, so they can convey a glimmer of the past. I end up conversing with the participants more than photographing them. I have known many survivors from WWII with their own stories. My parents were two such people.
A lot of Hitler's youth enlisted to defend their homes, not the Hitler propaganda.
Recreations help give a perspective that is crucial to understanding what happened. The re-enactors do study for the parts they play, so they can convey a glimmer of the past. I end up conversing with the participants more than photographing them. I have known many survivors from WWII with their own stories. My parents were two such people.
A lot of Hitler's youth enlisted to defend their homes, not the Hitler propaganda.
Aug 8, 2018 11:25:18 #
Stephan G wrote:
War is upsetting. There are no winners.
Recreations help give a perspective that is crucial to understanding what happened. The re-enactors do study for the parts they play, so they can convey a glimmer of the past. I end up conversing with the participants more than photographing them. I have known many survivors from WWII with their own stories. My parents were two such people.
A lot of Hitler's youth enlisted to defend their homes, not the Hitler propaganda.
Recreations help give a perspective that is crucial to understanding what happened. The re-enactors do study for the parts they play, so they can convey a glimmer of the past. I end up conversing with the participants more than photographing them. I have known many survivors from WWII with their own stories. My parents were two such people.
A lot of Hitler's youth enlisted to defend their homes, not the Hitler propaganda.
I knew a fellow who was one of Hitler's boys. He didn't like talking about it at all. He didn't believe in anything Hitler espoused; he was simply conscripted and was told he'd be shot if he tried to run away.
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Aug 8, 2018 11:30:42 #
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Aug 8, 2018 16:26:21 #
toxdoc42 wrote:
Yes a lot of Germans were killed, but 6 million Je... (show quote)
The "German soldiers" shown in this image were taking part in the opening ceremony which honored all the vets (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the mid-east conflicts) who were sitting in the bleachers reserved for them. As each unit marched into town the soldiers, both American and German, did an "eyes left" toward the veterans' viewing stands. While the National Anthem was being sung the "Germans" either saluted or covered their hearts in respect - NOBODY gave a Nazi salute! The elderly man in the wheelchair was an American soldier who fought to defend freedom and who was honored during the event.
Aug 8, 2018 16:27:30 #
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Aug 8, 2018 19:58:15 #
SueScott wrote:
Of the almost 700 shots taken at the reenactment, I was most affected by this one.
Nice shot Sue.
Aug 9, 2018 00:34:55 #
I can see why you were affected by this one, Sue! It's stunning! You captured so much feeling in it!
Aug 9, 2018 07:06:41 #
sailorsmom wrote:
I can see why you were affected by this one, Sue! It's stunning! You captured so much feeling in it!
Thank you. It was his daughter's idea to bring him to the reenactment and I'm so glad she did. He received so much attention and thoroughly enjoyed himself. I've messaged one of the admins of the Tidioute Remagen Reenactment Facebook page to try and get contact information for the daughter - I'd like to send her a print of this image.
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