And under Communism, manufacturers certainly did the same... Only Stalin's photo doesn't draw the same knee-jerk -- though by God it should. PJ Nebergall On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:35:38 -0400 Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Sep 5, 2006, at 4:44 PM, John Jensen wrote: > > > > > I have a Rollei book from the 30s at home ('The Golden > > Book'???) with numerous factory pictures in it. One > > is of the exterior of the factory with a hakenkreuz > > flag on a flagpole. Another is an interior shot with > > a portrait on the far wall with an image suspiously > > like that of Adolph's. Wrong? Well, to do otherwise > > at the time would have caused much trouble. > > During the mid 1950s, in a collection of German photo industry > promotional publications, I came across that same (I think) book. > It > contained a number of Rolleiflex photographs, most ordinary salon > type > pictures, but included were several flattering photos of Nazi > officials > and regalia. These, along with the aforementioned factory view with > > Nazi flag at each corner of the building, led me to believe that > either/or Francke and Heidecke were ardent Nazi supporters or were > trying to curry favor with them. Parker's assertions of F & H > complicity with German fascism was entirely consistent with this > because none of the other books and pamphlets made any reference to > the > regime, except perhaps for a distant ship in a harbor displaying a > flag, or some other unavoidable Nazi artifact. It made sense to me > > that during the 30s, German companies trading on an international > market would try to avoid a touchy political controversy unless they > > had some sort of agenda. > There is no evidence, however, that F & H or the German photo > industry > as a whole, committed war crimes and some, Leitz and Zeiss among > them, > made efforts to protect their Jewish employees. > > Allen Zak > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list