Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica and the Nazi taint
From: Douglas Cooper <douglas@dysmedia.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:10:50 -0500

On 2/15/01 10:05 AM, Leica Users digest expressed the following:

> Maybe I'm missing one of my ethical genes - well, another of my ethical
> genes - but I can drive a Volkswagen New Beetle


For me it's not so much a question of owning these things, as identifying so
strongly with them.  I consider myself a Leica/Rollei photographer, and
that's what makes me a bit nervous.

Does anyone here have more information on Leica's activities during the War?
It does seem that they were an unusually decent group of people, for the
most part, if the story I heard is true.
 

Douglas Cooper
http://www.dysmedia.com

Replies: Reply from Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> (Re: [Leica] Re: Leica and the Nazi taint)