Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Berlin 1945
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:26:53 -0500

I will probably regret asking this question, but in what way was the photo
sad?

Dan C.

At 01:29 PM 22-03-00 -0500, Kurt Miska wrote:
>LUGers,
>Talk about irony. Yesterday I received the general info brochure on the
>M6 from Leica NJ. Among some very nice photographs reproduced in this
>lavish promo piece is the memorable Leica photo of Soviet soldiers
>hoisting the hammer and sickle flag of the USSR over bombed out Berlin.
>German camera used to take this sad photo. BTW, I lived about 15 miles
>from there at the time.