Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This gets more and more amazing to me! How about because the people responsible for BMW and Volkswagen's pre-war and war-time conduct are long dead or no longer connected to the company? How about because a new generation of Germans is running those concerns - and Germany - BUT LENI RIEFENSTAHL IS STILL ALIVE! And what people are promoting, praising, etc. is HER art, the art produced by one of the outstanding promoters of, and apologists for, one of the most perverted nation-states in human history. Artist, sharmist, she was a Nazi apologist bitch - and she should always be viewed as such, despite the fact that she was an extremely talented film maker - and self-promoter. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Feliciano di Giorgio Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:42 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Leni Riefenstahl Site Tim Atherton wrote: > > It is interesting how many of the big industrialists and business people who > were closely identified with the Nazi Party and who kept the Nazi war > machine and coffers afloat, were allowed to be "rehabilitated" after a short > while following and continue doing what they always did. Many a lot older > and more mature at the time of their "misguided association" with Hitler et > al. Whereas Riefenstahl has never been allowed to do this. > > Why is this so? > > Tim A Because BMW, Volkswagen el al drive the German economy and she is just an artist? feli - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html