Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had visited the Cellular Jail in the Andamans which the British used to brutalize, torture and eventually murder the more ardent independence seekers from India, From your excellent series, it seems to me that Dachau exudes that atmosphere of hopeless despair as well. Your series reminded me of the fact that inhuman behaviour is not just a province of the "villains" but of the "heroes" as well. It is just that the sanitized "history" we study is inevitably written by the victors. Thanks for showing Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:04 AM James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote: > I spent this afternoon on a walking to (Munich Walking Tours) of the > Dachau concentration camp and some surrounding area. These are not happy > pictures to me. I will say the grounds are lovely as they were from 1933 > to 1945. The SS believed that having beautiful surroundings would calm the > prisoners. > > I?m reminded that the worst evil looks wonderful and beautiful. > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/Europe+Fall+2018/Dachau/ > < > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/jhandsfield_att_net/Europe+Fall+2018/Dachau/ > > > > Jim Handsfield > jhandsfield at att.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information