Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/21

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of Ruegen
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:07:51 +0100
References: <4CE91247.6020306@gmx.de>

I like these pictures, my favorite pic is this one

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Ruegen/Binz_Prora-0040.jpg.html

Cheers
Lluis

El 21/11/2010, a las 13:36, Douglas Sharp escribi?:

>
> Hello all,
>
> Some shots from our recent trip to Stralsund and across the bridge  
> to the island of Ruegen.
>
> Binz is a holiday resort from the times of the German Kaisers - and  
> has not changed much since.
>
> Prora is a development from an even darker era of German history -  
> and has not changed at all.
>
> Built by the KdF movement as a happy holiday home for tens of  
> thousands of Nazis, it was never actually completed and used for its  
> intended purpose.
>
> Its varied post-war history includes use as barracks for the GDR  
> Volksarmee (the perpetuation of German dictatorship under a  
> different political colour), accommodation for Russian occupation  
> forces and, after reunification, numerous projects that were all  
> doomed to failure - probably due to the atmosphere of the place:  
> cold, uninviting, overpowering and desolate.
>
> The gallery starts here: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Ruegen/Binz_Prora-0002.jpg.html
>
> Comments and criticism welcomed
>
> Cheers
> Douglas
>
>
>
>
>
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