Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]george day wrote: > > How alone would I be, amongst Leica buffs, in finding that the tastelessness > of collecting Nazi mementoes extends to cameras? Here in Europe, especially in France and Germany there is a growing concern about III Reich memorabilia collecting. It seems like that people fear that someone is/becomes a nazi just out of collecting these thing, which is of course, ridiculous. I love WWII history and everything that goes with it. Have you thought that some people just like to collect historical items? I don't think a true nazi is going to collect Leicas. Either we like it or not, Leica sold cameras to the III Reich. They correspond to a particular piece of Europe's and Leica's history. Personally, I would like to own a Luftwaffe Leica, just as I would like to own any other rare/historical Leica. Hugo