[rollei_list] Re: Rollei TLR - The History by Ian Parker
- From: John Jensen <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:51:27 -0700 (PDT)
Emphasizing on Marc's comments, I have to amend my
comment below to "It would have been impossible to
avoid at the time."
JJ
--- John Jensen <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now that I am home again I am able to check the
> book(s). The book with the photo of the factory
> with
> the Nazi flags flying is 'The Golden Book of the
> Rolleiflex' by Walther Heering (1936 - my year, by
> the
> way).
>
> Regarding the picture that I mentioned, does anyone
> have a copy of the pamphlet '80 Years Rollei'?
> Check
> page 13 for the photo of the reception room. The
> picture hanging there certainly looks like Herr
> Hitler(as he NY Times would refer to any dictator,
> large or small).
>
> Please remember that any public documents of the
> time
> would have a Nazi symbol on it. I know a nice lady
> in
> England who was born in 1937 and the hakenkreuz is
> stamped on her birth certificate. It would have
> been
> hard to avoid at the time.
>
> John
>
> --- Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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
> >
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