[LRflex] Re: IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of Ruegen
- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:06:30 +0100
Thanks Marc,
Walking around the Prora complex is an eerie, and a
little scary, experience - it gives you a very strong
impression of the horrifying megalomania of the Third
Reich. And it's only about 2 kilometres from the bright
and airy little town of Binz!
Cheers
Douglas
On 21.11.2010 13:54, Marc Dufour wrote:
> A great visual comparison, Douglas.
> It makes the words almost superfluous.
> Well done.
> Cheers,
> Marc
>
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> De: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Douglas Sharp
> Enviado el: domingo, 21 de noviembre de 2010 13:36
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> Asunto: [LRflex] IMG: Contrasts - Binz and Prora on the Baltic island of
> Ruegen
>
> 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
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