Thank you for posting this. I just shared the link to my Facebook page. I am quite proud of the Leitz family for this. I used Leica cameras and lenses for over 35 years. Though I have stopped using Leica cameras, I am still using many Leica M and R lenses on my Sony A7r series cameras to this day.
This became known some years ago, but it bears repeating. It is good to see this posted.
There are more-detailed articles, elsewhere on-line.
A Leica camera, whether old and classic, or modern/current, is a symbol of good work being done, during a time when it was risky and perilous to do so.
I remember that my Polish father-in-law, who was born in 1919, and therefore experienced the horrors of war as a young man, in Warsaw, often emphasized the goodness of individual Germans, as opposed to those individual Germans who did the evil things. Notably, he was, and remained, pro-Jewish, his entire life, and occasionally let slip some of his underground resistance/espionage experiences, which included keeping at least one Jew hidden/protected.
Thanks very much for posting this. I've never bought German cars or other products, but when I got into photography, I was very conflicted. It's good to know that Leica had a high moral standard!
Without trying to be political about it, claiming the Holocaust did not happen is a crime in Germany (and currently 15 other countries). Many people in the US ( and a few in Western Europe) are Holocaust deniers, many young people (under 40 years old) were never taught about it in school. Because it was so horrible, it should never be forgotten.
(Edited to correct the statement about Germany being the only country with laws against denying the Holocaust.)
RexGig0 wrote:
This became known some years ago, but it bears repeating. It is good to see this posted.
There are more-detailed articles, elsewhere on-line.
A Leica camera, whether old and classic, or modern/current, is a symbol of good work being done, during a time when it was risky and perilous to do so.
I remember that my Polish father-in-law, who was born in 1919, and therefore experienced the horrors of war as a young man, in Warsaw, often emphasized the goodness of individual Germans, as opposed to those individual Germans who did the evil things. Notably, he was, and remained, pro-Jewish, his entire life, and occasionally let slip some of his underground resistance/espionage experiences, which included keeping at least one Jew hidden/protected....Show more →
Hello RexGig0,
you should read the Pilecki report...
BrianC inAZ wrote:
Without trying to be political about it, Germany is the only country in the world where claiming the Holocaust did not happen is a crime.
Many years ago I visited the Jewish Museum in Berlin, and believe me it is a sobering experience. I took a few photographs there; here is just one. It speaks volumes.
billsamuels wrote:
Thanks very much for posting this. I've never bought German cars or other products, but when I got into photography, I was very conflicted. It's good to know that Leica had a high moral standard!
Contemporary Germans bear no responsibility for what their Nazi ancestors did. And Germany, more than many other countries, owned up to the dreadful things in its history.
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johnvanr wrote:
Contemporary Germans bear no responsibility for what their Nazi ancestors did. And Germany, more than many other countries, owned up to the dreadful things in its history.
Let's leave politics out of the discussion, please. I for one do not believe that the question of what responsibility we bear because of what are ancestors have done is an easy or simple question.
