SS-Kriegsberichter Photographs from the US National Archives

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  1. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    [FONT=&quot]Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter Photograph Collection[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]I am offering two DVDs with digital images from the US National Archives' SS-Kriegsberichter (War Correspondents) Photography collection. I am selling each DVD for $20. Postage is $4 domestic US and $6 International. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot] If interested, please email me at digitalhistoryarchive@verizon.net[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]The c[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ontact sheets on the DVDs are reference prints containing small versions of the photos from an entire roll of 35mm film (average of 30 photos per roll). Contact prints are used to produce proof sheets from the film in order to aid the selection of images for further enlargement and for cataloging. As such, some of the images can be low-quality while others are stunningly detailed and well composed. Many of t[/FONT][FONT=&quot]he images are in series, providing several views of the same scene. [/FONT][FONT=&quot] In sum, the images provide an interesting look at the daily life of the soldiers and their unit. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]The U.S. Archives' description of the complete collection is: Photographic reproductions of 35mm contact prints depicting the front-line activities of Waffen-SS units on the Western and Eastern Fronts, including Poland, France, Balkans, Italy, and Russia, as well as training exercises, portraits of individuals and group views, and scenes of cities and towns, and local populations. The work of 89 photographers are represented in this collection. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Each contact sheet was scanned in its entirety at 800 dpi. Typical file size is large - 20-25MB. When amplifying data is captioned on the back of the sheet, then the backside was scanned at 200 dpi. None of the scanned images have been altered with photo enhancing software.[/FONT]

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    [FONT=&quot]DVD Part 1: 147 scanned photograph[/FONT][FONT=&quot] contact sheets with [/FONT][FONT=&quot]4,813 images[/FONT][FONT=&quot]:[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]d'Alquen, Gunter (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Greece 1941)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]12 Sheets with 355 images. Numerous photos of Sepp Dietrich with other SS Officers; individual and groups of SS soldiers; SS graves; Greek soldiers and civilians; Greek countryside and buildings; pontoon bridge; vehicles (many with tactical symbols); destroyed buildings, vehicles, and equipment; artillery shelling, and port scenes. Sheets are not dated.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Augustin, Paul (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Holland and France 1940, Russia 1941-43)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]134 Sheets with 4,458 images. French prisoners of war, bridging building, anti-tank gun crew, machine gun team, vehicle convoys on the road and in cities, Belgian forts, prisoner of war camp, scenes of destruction, post-combat and occupation activities, training and sports activities, Hitler Youth and Bundes Deutscher Mädel sports activities and cultural performances,[/FONT][FONT=&quot] unit formations and ceremonies, field hospital, individual and group formal photos, light anti-aircraft unit range practice, Christmas play, pioniere troops in field, infantry training, day-to-day support services activities, convoys and river crossing in Russia, mechanized light and heavy Flak, destroyed Russian tanks and surrendering soldiers, self-propelled and heavy artillery, combat action photos, reconnaissance and motorcycle units, Russian city scenes, Sepp Dietrich giving awards, winter fighting positions, Sevastopol fortifications, Nebelwerfer unit., urban combat scenes, and much more! A few sheets are dated April 1943.[/FONT]

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    [FONT=&quot]DVD Part 2: 163 scanned photograph contact sheets with [/FONT][FONT=&quot]5,588 images[/FONT][FONT=&quot]:[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Ahrens, August (SS-Kavallerie, Russia 1943) [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]21 Sheets with 692 images. Senior officers in dress uniforms with awards, wounded SS soldiers in war hospital; SS soldiers with Russian civilians; awards ceremonies, landscapes, saw mill, terrain table exercise, fighting positions, soldiers relaxing and swimming, infantry squad field training, propaganda material being handed out to Russian civilians, burning village, assault gun unit, field barracks scenes. Almost all sheets dated in May or June 1943 on the reverse.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Altstadt, Willi (Viking Division, Russia 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]21 Sheets with 701 images. Russian village scenes, a Panzer III (with unit symbols) and panzer grenadiers on the steppe, combat scenes along a river, close-ups of infantry in the field with individual and crew-served weapons, a river crossing (assault and pontoon rafts), construction of a road block, Russian prisoners of war, SS soldiers fishing and swimming, unit awards ceremony, observation post overlooking a river, and heavy artillery crew with howitzer. Four sheets are dated July 5th, 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Baumann (Totenkopf Division, Russia 1941)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]43 sheets with 1483 images. Wheeled reconnaissance[/FONT][FONT=&quot] unit with lots of photos of motorcycles, flak guns, SS graves, Russian prisoners of war and villagers, Fiesler Storch, destroyed Russian tanks and equipment, bridge building, SS soldiers swimming in river, machine gun crew, anti-tank gun crew, unit awards ceremony, units on the march, artillery towed by halftracks, motor vehicle maintenance unit, Kriegsberichter activities, field bakery, field hospital, air resupply by JU-52, antiaircraft searchlight unit, field post office, and a Focke-Wulf 189 (Eagle-Owl) in flight. Sheets are not dated.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Bergmann, Johannes (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, France 1940)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]54 Sheets with 1941 images. Bivouac and day-to-day field activities; German graves; train with refugees; marching infantry; surrendering French troops and prisoners of war; small and large caliber antiaircraft unit; captured French airfield with fighter aircraft; captured French staff car with papers and maps; unit awards ceremony with Sepp Dietrich; photos of individual awardees and unit members; post-armistice activities such as vehicle maintenance, unit members relaxing, unit physical training, and other day-to-day duties, landscape shots of mountainous terrain; sight-seeing photos of French palaces, monuments, and hotels; Paris sights including the Eifel Tower and Notre Dame; French city street scenes; horse jumping; motorcycle maintenance; visit to Maginot Line Fortress; military band concert and soccer game; formal unit formation at German WWI fort in the Metz area. Sheets are not dated.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Blaurock (France, Finland 1942-44)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]14 Sheets with 464 images. SS[/FONT][FONT=&quot] soldier portrait photos, scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon in November 1942, captured Russian antiaircraft gun, many images of SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment 11 "Reinhard Heydrich" in the field training, day-to-day and recreational activities, parade, activities, heavy artillery unit. Most sheets are dated either May and June 1943, or January 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Brantsen (SS-Legion Nederland 1942)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]10 Sheets with 307 images. Unit formation and ceremony in barracks with Heinrich Himmler, unit award ceremonies, burial ceremony and war cemetery, bivouac, fighting positions, SS soldiers receiving mail, and captured Russian soldiers. Sheets are not dated.[/FONT]

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    [FONT=&quot]I will have more DVDs with images from the collection in the coming weeks![/FONT]
     

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  2. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    For what it's worth, here is what a member of another forum posted about the first three SS-KB DVDs - "I decided to contact Marc on purchasing some of the DVD's he is putting together. They arrived today and I must say how happy I am with them. If you are interested in SS photographs do yourself a favor and contact Marc. I have seen thousands of SS photos but there are many new to me. Plenty of combat, decoration, parade etc. Well worth the price and can't wait to get more.
    Tim W"
     
  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

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  4. Heimbrent

    Heimbrent Well-Known Member

    [...] "I decided to contact Marc on purchasing some of the DVD's he is putting together. They arrived today and I must say how happy I am with them. If you are interested in SS photographs do yourself a favor and contact Marc. I have seen thousands of SS photos but there are many new to me. Plenty of combat, decoration, parade etc. Well worth the price and can't wait to get more.
    Tim W"

    Seconded!
    Great service, too.
     
  5. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    [FONT=&quot]Hello! The SS-KB photo collection is now up to 6 DVDs of digitized images. Here is a description of DVDs 3 and 4. Each DVD is $20. For purchase inquiries or questions, please PM me. Regards, Marc[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter Photograph Collection Part 3 (B-F)[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]158 scanned photograph contact sheets with 4,258 images from the following SS-Kriegsberichter:[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Büschel, Max[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Russia and Italy 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]27 Sheets with 798 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]SS[/FONT][FONT=&quot]-soldier portrait photos, armored vehicles (including Tiger Is and StuGs, self-propelled artillery), artillery and infantry in the field, crew served weapons, fighting positions, and destroyed and captured Russian armor (some with German markings), formal dinner in the field, awards ceremony, soccer game, scenes of Rome, captured Italian equipment. Most sheets are dated May, July, October, December 1943, or January 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Buschlte (Russia 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]4 Sheets[/FONT][FONT=&quot]with 116 images. Soldiers in the field, Village with Orthodox Church, artillery unit, mobile recording studio, SS-soldiers training. Sheets are dated April 1943 or May 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Cantzler (Russia 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]7 Sheets with 161 images. Shipyard, destroyed factory, foundry, schwimmwagen, heavy artillery, panzers with infantry (Tiger Is and StuGs), sniper team, SS-soldier portrait shots. Sheets are dated June 1943 or April 1944. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Damher (Holland 1944?)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]3 Sheets with 73 images. Assassinated German military personnel with car, SS-soldier portrait, Panther tank, group of senior officers with a map. Sheets are dated May 1944. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Damm-Jensen (SS-Flandern Legion, Belgium and Russia 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]12 Sheets with 281 images. Unit vehicles, rail loaded vehicles, recreation activities, SS-soldier portrait shots, SS-honor ring, classroom training, food preparation, unit marching in formation with flag, senior SS-officers at a chateau, vehicle maintenance, sports activities, field training, winter scenes in Russia. Sheets are dated May or June 1943. [/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Domaschowitz (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]5 sheets with 51 images. Formal ceremony with photos of attending senior officers. Sheets are dated January or June 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Dürr (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]13 sheets with 381 images. Domestic farm and city scenes in Germany; individual SS-soldier portrait and group photos; German countryside, villages, and local populace in traditional dress; recruiting ceremony, bombed city. Sheets are dated June, August, or September 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Ege (Germany or Sudetenland)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]25 sheets with 855 images. Local populace in traditional dress; architects and sculptors; railway cars and steam locomotive; rail yard operations; rail loaded vehicles; aftermath of city bombing with homeless and firefighters and police; relaxing SS-soldiers; individual and group photos of local women; Bundes Deutscher Mädel sports activities and cultural performances;[/FONT][FONT=&quot] mountain landscapes; horse race.Sheets are not dated.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Eines (Norwegian SS 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]5 sheets with 138 images. Field training, enlistment ceremony, winter scenes with soldiers in village. Sheets are dated March 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Einser (Danemark SS 1944)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]4 sheets with[/FONT][FONT=&quot]132 images. City scenes of destruction, unit awards ceremony in field. Sheets are dated May 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Fabiger, Erich (SS-Panzerkorps, Narva, 1944) [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]2 sheets with[/FONT][FONT=&quot]68 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Daily activities, unit in winter position with light Flak gun.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]One sheet is dated June 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Falkowski (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]19 sheets with 456 images. Individual SS-soldier portrait photos, barracks scenes, city buildings and rail yard destroyed by bombing, unit meal in kantine, Russian coal mine, soldiers on river cruise, burial with unit formation and senior officers, target practice, military graves and cemetery, boxing competition. Many sheets are dated July and August 1943, or February and June 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Feder (1943 & 1944)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]28 sheets with 645 images. Remains of crashed aircraft, many individual soldier, officer, women personnel portrait photos (including numerous Belgians soldiers with Rexist badge), detailed photos of a resupply bomb, rocket launcher frame, barracks scenes, rifle and pistol marksmanship practice, families with children. Sheets are dated September, November, and December 1943, or January, April, May, and June 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Fink (1943-44)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]9 sheets with 268 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Funeral procession of Rheinhard Heydrich, artist sculpting bust of Heydrich and relief of Heinrich Himmler, SS-soldiers training with rocket launcher, SS-ski troops training in mountains, bridging operation in mountains. Sheets are dated either March and June 1943, or January 1944.[/FONT]

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    [FONT=&quot]Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter Photograph Collection Part 4 (F-H)[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]164 scanned photograph contact sheets with 5,010 images from [/FONT][FONT=&quot]the following SS-Kriegsberichter:[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Fritsch (Romania, SS-Kavallerie, Russia 1943-44)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]29 sheets with 828 images. Romanian honor guard; Romanian soldiers undergoing health physicals; SS-officers with Romanian officials and officers; farm scenes; villagers in traditional dress (perhaps ethnic Germans?); recruiting activities; formal ceremony; individual portrait and group photos; SS-soldiers field training; sports activities; officials in radio studio; local performers and cultural activities; SS-soldiers in field with horses, assault guns, motorcycles, and signal equipment; burning village. Sheets are dated [/FONT][FONT=&quot]March, December 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Funk (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]6 sheets with 157 images. Concert hall with performers, Kriegsberichter unit in motor pool, individual SS-soldier portrait photos, views of barracks, uniform issue facility. Three sheets dated May, June, or October 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Gerber (Russia, 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]6 sheets with 122 images. Winter scenes in Russia, recording studio, SS war cemetery and individual graves of SS-Kriegesberichter, Brandenburg Gate, SS-solders training in field. Sheets are dated May, June, and October 1943, or April 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Geyk (or Guyk?) (Russia)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]20 sheets with 627 images. Winter scenes - digging vehicles out of snow, fighting positions, clearing snow from airfield with JU-52 and JU-188; awards formation in field with Sepp Dietrich and other SS-officers; soldier show; heavy artillery; destroyed city and port scenes; captured Russian tank with German flag; observation post; destroyed Sevastopol fortifications; field airfield with JU-52s; aerial views of landscape; fighting positions in mountainous terrain; several images of General Hermman Hoth; Nebelwerfer firing, Panzerkampfwagen 38(t). Sheets are undated.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Gösling, Jobst (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Berlin, Holland 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]19 sheets with 509 images. Senior Nazi leaders on train platform; Hitler giving speech from Reich Chancellery balcony to wounded soldiers, then reviewing honor guard; SS-soldiers training in field with medic and ambulance; green houses, canal boats, and river dredging, rail cars, and local populace in Holland; mortar and machine gun crews training; civilian hospital with operating room and maternity ward; Sepp Dietrich reviewing troops in barracks with towed and self-propelled artillery and light Flak; unit awards ceremony with Sepp Dietrich handing out infantry assault badges, 75mm anti-tank gun with crew; unit parade with band; heavy artillery demonstration with Himmler. Two sheets dated May and December 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Grönert, Hermann (SS-Totenkopf, Russia and Italy 1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]18 sheets with 576 images. Tiger I demonstration to Japanese officers; winter combat action with halftracks, flak gun mounted on halftrack, and StuG III; Russian populace; many combat action photos of infantry in Russia with Tiger Is, StuG, Marder, and anti-tank guns; destroyed and captured Russian tansk; Russian prisoners of war; soldiers emplacing mines; assault guns and Tiger Is with infantry in Italy. Has a misplaced contact sheet from another SS-Kriegsberichter (Jirka?) with images of infatry training with mortars and a schwimmwagen crossing river. Sheets are dated from [/FONT][FONT=&quot]May, June, July, August, September, October, or December 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Heinemann (Russia 1944)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]1 sheet with 35 images. Individual and group soldier photos, destroyed buildings in Russian city. Sheet dated May 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Heiss (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]6 sheets[/FONT][FONT=&quot]with 154 images. Unit and soldiers in barracks, visit by Himmler with formal ceremony including Hitler Youth, unit movement by rail, SS-soldiers manning an observation post in mountains, patrol in mountainous terrain and field activities, machine gun crew.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Sheet[/FONT][FONT=&quot]s are dated June and August 1943[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Hildebrand[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]1 sheet with 16 images. Individual portrait photos of SS-soldiers. Sheet is undated.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Hoffmann, Rudi (1943-44)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]23 sheets with 624 images. SS-soldiers undergoing medical physicals, Schulschiff Deutschland with crew, Himmler with senior officers, musical band and horse race, walled city, SS-soldiers training with anti-tank gun, ship in dry dock, sugar beet harvest, field post office, soldiers installing communications lines, winter scenes with soldiers with horses, winter fighting positions, individual portrait photos, bivouac in field, training and maintenance with Tiger I, soldier with Christmas tree, soldiers training with dogs in field. Sheets are dated May, September, October, November, and December 1943, April 1944.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Hofstäter (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]2 sheets with 70 images. Himmler observing assault gun and ant-tank range training. Sheets[/FONT][FONT=&quot] are dated October 1943.[/FONT]

    [FONT=&quot]Homann (1943)[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]39 sheets with 1292 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Many photographs of Rheinhardt Heydrich's funeral; KB unit operations - rail loading, equipment, recording studio, musical performances; individual soldier portrait photos, senior officers; SS medical personnel; infantry with pack horses in mountainous terrain; SS-soldiers rock climbing; Himmler observing soldier training; Himmler addressing SS-soldiers; SS-soldier with dog; Christmas party; winter fighting positions; military cemetery. Sheets dated June 1943.[/FONT]
     

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  6. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Is it just me, or do any other members feel slightly queasy about this display of Nazi imagery for sale ?

    The thread has obvious interest for various members and has patently been OK'd by the mods so, who am I to knock it ?

    Just a thought........

    Ron
     
  7. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Hi Ron,

    I understand your apprehensions, especially considering the history of the Waffen-SS. To build on your comments, I will say that 1) there are no gory photos in the collection, except for a few photos of a dead German officer killed in an ambush in Holland (which have been published in several books). Either the SS-photographers did not photograph the war crimes or those images were removed from the collection at some point in its 65-year history. The collection's images are primarily of combat action and units and is not politically oriented; 2) the collection is a matter of historical record at the US Archives. The images are uncaptioned and the collection is not something that aggrandizes the Waffen-SS, except the fact that it exists; 3) I think to understand the war, we must view the conflict and its participants from many points of view. The photo collection is a primary research document with more than 30,000 images of Waffen-SS combat units and personalities.

    By the way, the SS-Kreigsberichter photo collection is but one of many collections at the US Archives that I have digitized and offer for sale - most of what I have is related to fortifications.

    Regards,
    Marc
     
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  8. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Marc

    Thanks for your reasoned response to my posting.

    Just for the record, I did say that it made me "feel slightly queasy" rather than your thought hat I might feel apprehension but I do take your point that the material you have on offer is "a matter of historical record at the US Archives"

    Ron
     
  9. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Is it just me, or do any other members feel slightly queasy about this display of Nazi imagery for sale ?

    The thread has obvious interest for various members and has patently been OK'd by the mods so, who am I to knock it ?

    Just a thought........

    Ron

    Ron, not sure if you were aware but my grandmother's family were Jewish. The French branch of it all died in Auschwitz. So I have no interest in approving anything the Nazis did.

    On the subject of these images, they are part of history. Our member MLW isn't selling them because they are 'Nazi' but because they are part of the history of the Second World War. If we banned any Nazi images on this site we would be doing everyone a disservice and I am sure you are not implying there is any degree of 'Nazi worship' going on here?
     
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  10. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Dear Paul

    If we banned any Nazi images on this site we would be doing everyone a disservice and I am surIe you are not implying there is any degree of 'Nazi worship' going on here?

    I'm afraid you would be hard pushed to find anything in my initial posting that suggested that I was in favour of banning such images.

    Am I therefore expected to apologise for saying I felt slightly queasy ?

    Ron
     
  11. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Ron, you raised a point, referenced the Mods and implied that we somehow approved of 'Nazi images'. I want to make it clear what our position is, and I think I've done that.

    For the record, I never suggested you had to apologise for anything. 'Apologise' is a word you used, not me.
     
  12. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    I have the same concerns as Ron, but for a different reason. I am lucky enough to live near the US Archives and can go there and research and scan original documents and photos from the World Wars. The collections that most people seem to be interested in are related to WWII in general and the Third Reich in specific. I think this is due to an enduring interest in the German side and the difficulty of getting material out of the German military archive. Thus, I find my efforts to digitize documents and offer them for sale at reasonable prices are often drawn towards the captured German records collection even though I continually seek to find new US Army material to "balance" my product list.

    Regards, Marc
     
  13. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Marc I've seen some of the other discs you've made available and meant to ask you for some time: do you know of any image collections featuring identified British or Commonwealth units in the US Archives?

    Sadly I can't afford to visit our own IWM or to pay their prices, so this might be an interesting alternative.
     
  14. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Occasionally, I get requests from forum members to look for photos of US Signal corps photos of UK or Commonwealth troops, and I have only been successful at finding a few photos of British troops at the Battle of the Bulge. I have failed miserably at finding photos of British troops in North Africa (as part of Operation Torch). Part of the challenge is that the photos in the Signal Corps collection are not cataloged in any specific order, but rather are scattered throughout. There is a card index cataloged by subject, but its description of the photos are often just a list of photo numbers that require pulling each box and then looking for that photo. It is not impossible, just slow. But, I keep looking.

    Cheers, Marc
     
  15. Heimbrent

    Heimbrent Well-Known Member

    I for one am very happy to get access to archive material I otherwise would not have. Thanks to Marc I can go through the Waffen-SS photographs (which I am interested in for professional reasons, it's not like I feel in any way drawn to what they represent i.e. the NS ideology) and other material which otherwise I couldn't.
    For me - like for most of my colleagues - time to spend in an archive is very precious; I cannot "waste" it by going through photographs which aren't really relevant for my own research.
    I for one don't get a queasy feeling about those photographs - they're just a source, it depends on what you make of them.
     

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