Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "onetreehillclw" <onetreehillclw@compaq.net> To: <leica@topica.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:50 PM Subject: Leica in WWII > I received the LHSA Viewfinder last week. The article on the Leica Goes to > War was excellent. > Today I went to the one year anniversary at the DDay in New Orleans. I met a > man named Jim Keller. He was carrying around a photo album of his war > pictures. His collection started after the invasion and went to Germany > surrendering. > Pictures were of the glider planes, tanks,soldiers in the snow,pow's in > russia, and the concentration camps. After talking to him for a few minutes, > he told me all his photos were taken with a Leica that was issued to him in > his company. He did not go in as a photographer, but I guess he knew enough > about the cameras to be issued one. > He told me that most of the rolls he took were taken by the censors when he > came home to New Orleans. He did have a few rolls hidden in his food tin. > Thanks to him at least some photos will always exist for future generations. > > Chris Williams >