Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27

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Subject: [Leica] WW II Leicas
From: ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben)
Date: Fri May 27 15:42:03 2005
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From: <Afterswift@aol.com>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:45 PM
Subject: [Leica] WW II Leicas


> >From what I read, Leitz continued to make Leicas throughout the war. But 
> >they
> weren't finished in chrome and were mostly sold to the army. The Nazis 
> liked
> to bait booby traps with them, from what a family member told me. They're 
> now
> prime collector's items.
>

The fake ones are still used as booby traps - ebay booby traps
- and back alley ripping of turists when the visit eastern european contries 
booby traps :-)
I do not feel sorry for anyone that gets ripped up buying a Leica with a 
Nazi symbol - real or fake
If anyone whants to own anything with a nazi cross - even if they are just a 
collector - the are sick in my eyes!
best
Ruben
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