[Leica] Death of a Leica Photographer

[kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)]

On Feb 24, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> Lothar-G?nther Buchheim, 89, died a couple of days ago.  He was the  
> author of DAS BOOT, published in English as THE BOAT and then made  
> into a movie of that name, though the longer German TV show wasn't  
> released to the US for some years.  The start of this was a voyage  
> Buchheim made on U-95 with a Leica camera as a combat  
> photographer.  He lived a full and rich life and we mourn his passing.
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> For those who have not read the book or viewed his pictures or seen  
> any version of the movie, it can only be said that Buchheim was a  
> visual WWII equal to Erich Maria Remarque of First War Days with  
> his ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.  DAS BOOT can best be seen as a  
> simple condemnation of warfare, precisely as was ALL QUIET ON THE  
> WESTERN FRONT.


thanks for remembering this man Marc... a quiet and simple elegy that  
resonates....Steve


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