[Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed, not collected

[rhaightjr at yahoo.com (Bob Haight)]

Perhaps you over the fact that but for the cameras, the horrors of the time 
would not have been documented ensuring the Nazi regime would be held in 
infamy through eternity. The cameras did not kill anyone.
--- On Tue, 6/30/09, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Why Leicas with Nazi symbols should be trashed, not  
> collected
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 12:14 PM
> Hi Pasvoorn,
> 
> First of all, the picture is Geoff's, not mine.
> 
> Secondly, I am not saying that Leica should not have
> supplied the Nazis with cameras--they had no other option
> anyway. But I do object to someone TODAY desiring a Leica
> with an engraved swastika.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> On Jun 30, 2009, at 5:02 PM, Pasvorn Boonmark wrote:
> 
> > Hi Nathan,
> > 
> > I usually agree with your view, but I disagree with
> you on this one.
> > 
> > These objects, and the photographs - in this case
> Leica cameras- when
> > use correctly, serve to remind us of how horrid human
> can be.
> > 
> > The case an point is the picture that you show.
> > 
> > -Pasvorn
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Nathan Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> >> Yes, but the people collecting them now know who
> the owners were and what
> >> they did when not snapping pictures.
> >> They belong in the landfill (the cameras, not the
> people).
> >> 
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> >> 
> > 
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