Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information