Color Photos of Hitler

leadbelly · 06-07-2009, 09:48 PM

Newly surfaced color pictures of Hitler to be published by LIFE. Interesting... chilling... stuff.

http://www.life.com/image/50714733/i...itler-up-close

KrisK10D · 06-08-2009, 03:33 AM

Wow! Photography sure is the historical record!

*séamuis* · 06-08-2009, 03:48 AM

a very impressive collection of photographs. it gives an insight one usually doesn't see. something a bit more 'personal' than just the nazi war machine. I really enjoyed looking through them. thanks for sharing the link.

**J.Scott** · 06-08-2009, 04:20 AM

The story of how the photographer realized the worth of the images and preserved them is interesting.

We must never forget what Hitler was all about.
The last line in that series sums it up; "Many historians put the number of deaths attributed directly to World War II at about 70 million. Most of those killed were civilians." And he was responsible for most of those deaths.

*séamuis* · 06-08-2009, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by J.Scott

The story of how the photographer realized the worth of the images and preserved them is interesting.

We must never forget what Hitler was all about.
The last line in that series sums it up; "Many historians put the number of deaths attributed directly to World War II at about 70 million. Most of those killed were civilians." And he was responsible for most of those deaths.

if im not mistaken. stalin was resposnible for more deaths than hitler. although they cant all be linked to WWII

ryan s · 06-08-2009, 10:27 AM

Yeah...Stalin was "responsible" for about 60 million deaths, from what I've seen and read. Hitler was more like 15-20 million.

Not to brush that off or anything...that's not what I'm saying. It's just that as Allies, we didn't know/looked the other way at what Stalin was up to.

Well anyway...thanks for the link. Has anyone else seen the WWII special on History, where the films shown were only in color? I think they had 2 1-hour shows. It was spectacular to say the least...

*séamuis* · 06-08-2009, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by ryan s

Yeah...Stalin was "responsible" for about 60 million deaths, from what I've seen and read. Hitler was more like 15-20 million.

Not to brush that off or anything...that's not what I'm saying. It's just that as Allies, we didn't know/looked the other way at what Stalin was up to.

Well anyway...thanks for the link. Has anyone else seen the WWII special on History, where the films shown were only in color? I think they had 2 1-hour shows. It was spectacular to say the least...

I haven't actually. most of my 'war' interests lie in vietnam, but I would certainly love to see those. do you happen to know what they were called?

ryan s · 06-08-2009, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by séamuis

I haven't actually. most of my 'war' interests lie in vietnam, but I would certainly love to see those. do you happen to know what they were called?

Ahhh...I have a Vietnam DVD "set" and that's probably my third favorite part of history...

I just Googled the subject and there were actually lots of hits for different sets. This one is on the History Channel's site so I believe this is the one. Although it's 17 episodes long

"The Color of War" is what it's called.

Actually...I think it might be "WWII: The Lost Color Archives"...the run time listed sounds more accurate.

*séamuis* · 06-08-2009, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by ryan s

Ahhh...I have a Vietnam DVD "set" and that's probably my third favorite part of history...

I just Googled the subject and there were actually lots of hits for different sets. This one is on the History Channel's site so I believe this is the one. Although it's 17 episodes long "The Color of War" is what it's called.

Actually...I think it might be "WWII: The Lost Color Archives"...the run time listed sounds more accurate.

thank you very much. I will be checking both of these out.

*Wheatfield* · 06-08-2009, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by J.Scott

The story of how the photographer realized the worth of the images and preserved them is interesting.

We must never forget what Hitler was all about.
The last line in that series sums it up; "Many historians put the number of deaths attributed directly to World War II at about 70 million. Most of those killed were civilians." And he was responsible for most of those deaths.

WWII was a direct result of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler was just the conduit.

*séamuis* · 06-08-2009, 11:05 AM

Originally Posted by Wheatfield

WWII was a direct result of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler was just the conduit.

this is very true. though I imagine hitler would have become powerful and dangerous in one form or another.

*Wheatfield* · 06-08-2009, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by séamuis

this is very true. though I imagine hitler would have become powerful and dangerous in one form or another.

It's hard to second guess history, but one does wonder if Germany would have been as tempted by him if Britain and (especially) France hadn't insisted on such harsh terms at the end of WWI.

*séamuis* · 06-08-2009, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Wheatfield

It's hard to second guess history, but one does wonder if Germany would have been as tempted by him if Britain and (especially) France hadn't insisted on such harsh terms at the end of WWI.

very true, as we know he won over most of the nation with his promises of rebuilding a great germany. but I still believe he would have been a force to be reckoned with one way or another. I cant imagine that hitler would have simply become the average german citizen after WWI. fuhrer? probably not, but someone important in one way or another. and still very dangerous. his rehtoric was their after WWI with or without the treaty of Versailles. he just used its effects on the nation as his steeping stool.

leadbelly · 06-08-2009, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by ryan s

Yeah...Stalin was "responsible" for about 60 million deaths, from what I've seen and read. Hitler was more like 15-20 million.

Not to brush that off or anything...that's not what I'm saying. It's just that as Allies, we didn't know/looked the other way at what Stalin was up to.

Well anyway...thanks for the link. Has anyone else seen the WWII special on History, where the films shown were only in color? I think they had 2 1-hour shows. It was spectacular to say the least...

I read somewhere, that after stalin's troops were victorious liberating occupied nazi territory, stalin had those same troops thrown and die in the gulags... forgot the details though...

leadbelly · 06-08-2009, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by séamuis

very true, as we know he won over most of the nation with his promises of rebuilding a great germany. but I still believe he would have been a force to be reckoned with one way or another. I cant imagine that hitler would have simply become the average german citizen after WWI. fuhrer? probably not, but someone important in one way or another. and still very dangerous. his rehtoric was their after WWI with or without the treaty of Versailles. he just used its effects on the nation as his steeping stool.

And in the same vein, one can't help but wonder the what ifs, if Hitler was accepted in the Vienna Academy of Art...