Would you?
"What's the story behind this photograph?" you might ask.
Well, this is:
"What's the story behind this photograph?" you might ask.
Well, this is:
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Interesting photo that has some history behind it to show what happend to the East German uniforms of those who fled to the west. At times, I thought the uniforms would have been kept by those who fled to the west.Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did. Quote - Sophie Scholl - White Rose resistance group -
Real eye-opener. I also was under the false impression the clothing was kept by the people that fled from the East to the West. I guess since it was military clothing, it was confiscated as part of the debriefing and interrogation that followed. Very interesting and very enlightening.
Thanks for posting this.
Michael D. GALLAGHER
M60-A2 Tank Commander Cold War proverb: “You can accomplish more with a kind word and a ‘Shillelagh’ than you can with just a kind word.”Comment
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Interesting, this is a newspaper wire photo that recently sold on US E-bay. Nice to see that it found a good home.Comment
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Genossen,
What a great Image...... If you did a runner from the Workers Paradise I doubt you would want to have any thing to do with your pasted " Employer" anyway that could point you out.
The Uniform would likely be the only garments you had, swapping it for Money and a Suit would be your first action as a " free man".
All new garments..... what a treasure trove for the likes of us who are Progressively minded and seek only to recover State Property.Comment
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A really great photo !! I wonder what happened with the warehouse eventually ....Comment
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If I would only be allowed to walk around there for half an hour ^^ Or half a minute would be enough too...Comment
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It looks like the place of dreams
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I'm not surprised that the deserters weren't allowed to keep the uniforms, but I would have thought with the Cold War going on that the Western powers wouldn't have retained them for, ahem, "informational purposes".Comment
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That explains where they got the uniforms for this 1961 comedy film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fowuazq-140
Thanks for solving this mystery for me.
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Genossen,
Simular methods are used regarding Genosse iannima's crimes against Dress Regulations....
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I don't know who brought it in, but in the late 80's I bought a Dark Collar Tunic with Machine embroidered RD Officers Collars from the US Army Thrift Shop at Sargemünderstrasse next to AFN, oposite of Clay HQ.Comment
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For a moment I thought that was Peter Cushing as the officer who stopped the phonographOriginally posted by KevinH View PostThat explains where they got the uniforms for this 1961 comedy film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fowuazq-140
Thanks for solving this mystery for me.
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