Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course he wasn't a Nazi; he was just an apolitical scientist persuing knowledge. Just as Leni was an apolitical artist creating great art. Hell, Hitler was just a poor, misunderstood frustrated artist. If only those damn Jews hadn't thwarted his artistic ambitions... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas M. Sharp Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Re:was Riefenstahl now Disneys famous Nazi Hi Chris, AFAIK it was Wernher von Braun who worked, shortly after his arrival in the States, for a short time with Disney. I seem to remember having heard that he was also consulted on some aspects of EPCOT too. Douglas Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics schrieb: >The US thought the Party was just swell in 1936. In the town of >Yapank, near were I grew up on Long Island, there was a whole section which named their streets after members of the party. I don't believe there was a Riefenstahl Blvd. After the war they renamed all the streets except one, German Ave. > >Since were on the subject of film, some ranking party members worked >closely with Walt Disney after the war. Can you name which ones? > >Chris Saganich > > > > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information