[Leica] James Nachtwey on Ukraine

[Robert Baron]

Nathan, that is quite a story and definitely one to be proud of.

I did not hear much from my father about his experiences in the war in
Europe - he died at a young age - but I do remember staying with a friend
in what was then still West Berlin in 1966.  We were at an inexpensive
pension owned and operated by a small old lady and her even smaller and
older lady assistant.  They were still reluctant to talk about their
experiences during WW2 and particularly about the Russian advance and
occupation.

I suppose this makes me less than surprised by the reports of the barbaric
actions attributed to the Russians in Ukraine.

As Hank Williams Jr sang in a different context, it's a family tradition.

And to stay on topic:

http://www.bobbaron.com/EastBerlin1966/index.html

--Bob

On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:11 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> My father fought in World War II, covering 2500 km from Russia to Berlin
> between 1943 and 1945. Some time in 1945, already in Germany, one evening
> the unit he was leading arrived in a village in eastern Germany and stopped
> there for the night. A bit later, screams were heard from a house in the
> village. Two Russian soldiers were raping a German woman while her two
> small sons were looking on. My father drew his pistol which stopped the
> ordeal. Fast forward 30+ years. We were already living in Denmark. The two
> little boys were now engineers in Hamburg and somehow they tracked down my
> father in Aarhus and invited him to come down to visit. Such is life.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
>
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>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
> > On 12 May 2022, at 14:44, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > I thank the New Yorker for opening the pay wall so that these could be
> > seen.
> >
> > My college Russian professor was an eastern Germany refugee that saw
> first
> > hand what the Russian forces did that closely mimics what we are seeing
> > today.  What was tolerable once due to circumstances then begets
> > intolerable behavior now.
> >
> > On Mon, May 2, 2022, 2:27 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
> wrote:
> >
> >> In my opinion, James Nachtwey is the best contemporary war photographer
> >> and one of the best who has ever lived. The current issue of the New
> >> Yorker has a portfolio of his recent pictures from Ukraine. And it's
> >> online here if you are a subscriber:
> >> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/portfolio/05/09/the-costs-of-war
> >>
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