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Photographer’s legacy alive in WWII shots

Saturday, August 1st, 2009
With German shells screaming overhead, American infantrymen take shelter behind a tank. In the background can be seen the ruins of the town of Geich, Germany, which is still under heavy shelling.

With German shells screaming overhead, American infantrymen take shelter behind a tank. In the background can be seen the ruins of the town of Geich, Germany, which is still under heavy shelling.

A glimpse of US 9th Infantry Division in WWII. Photographs taken by Harold Roberts, and shown at a reunion recently show so fascinating moments from the division’s drive into Germany.

“As a combat photographer with the Army Signal Corps, Harold Roberts was an eyewitness to some of the most powerful scenes in the history of 20th century warfare. His photos capture scenes that words can’t describe, some so graphic that they can’t be published in a family newspaper.”

via Photographer’s legacy alive in WWII shots – Bangor Daily News.

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Colour photos of Paris during the occupation

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Three women sitting in the Luxembourg Gardens. The images have been slammed as superficial. Zucca was only able to get his hands on color film because of his position at the magazine.

Three women sitting in the Luxembourg Gardens. The images have been slammed as superficial. Zucca was only able to get his hands on color film because of his position at the magazine.

An exhibition of some 270 photographs showing Paris under German occupation by the Signal Magazine photographer Andre Zucca, went on show to much controversy in Paris, France. Showing life in all its normality under occupation, it provides at times a jarring counterpoint to the image of France as a nation resisting the occupiers.

“The images, taken between 1940 and 1944, show Parisians going about their daily lives, strolling down boulevards or sitting in parks. There is nothing that would indicate that at the same time thousands of Jews living in the city were being rounded up and sent to concentration camps in Eastern Europe. In fact there are only two photos that include people wearing the yellow star.”

VIA Occupied Paris Shown in Full Color

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