Now that's some fancy pageant walkin'

6,000 fraulein Marias?

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6,000 fraulein Marias?

On the first day of Christmas My first Reich gave to me . . .

Let's play "Where's Benedict XVI?"

These historical images of the first Democrat Party rallies look even more spectacular in color!

texdent: Now if only that photographer had hidden a gun in the camera.

Then I'd have to go back in time to stop the photographer. Amateurs.

Mirrorz: John Cleese is older than I thought.

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Must be where he learned to walk funny.

Ah, the good old days....

Deslidefied? Oh, you know it, baby.

Auschwitz, not this again!

The Nazis obviously had some gay designers on staff.

something weird i noticed:

in keitel's ordenspange (bar of medals) hes got two red enamel ones. the red enamel ones were from the hanseatic cities of luebeck, bremen and hamburg. they were red enamel crosses with red and white ribbons, and had the city crests in the center. they were given to veterans from those cities by the city govts after the war.

i had all three and sold them a few years back for enough money to buy several C&R firearms, a ww1 french rifle and a german k98.

how can he have two? what, was he from both hamburg and luebeck?? indeed, he was from Braunschweig he shouldnt have any of them.

I hate Nazis, but damn, they did have style.

HotIgneous Intruder: The Nazis obviously had some gay designers on staff.

superfudge73: I hate Nazis, but damn, they did have style.

Hugo Boss designed the uniforms, or so it is alleged.

Father_Jack: HotIgneous Intruder: The Nazis obviously had some gay designers on staff.

superfudge73: I hate Nazis, but damn, they did have style.

Hugo Boss designed the uniforms, or so it is alleged.

Alleged? I think they pretty much said flat out he did. Did something new come out?

Father_Jack: something weird i noticed:

in keitel's ordenspange (bar of medals) hes got two red enamel ones. the red enamel ones were from the hanseatic cities of luebeck, bremen and hamburg. they were red enamel crosses with red and white ribbons, and had the city crests in the center. they were given to veterans from those cities by the city govts after the war.

i had all three and sold them a few years back for enough money to buy several C&R firearms, a ww1 french rifle and a german k98.

how can he have two? what, was he from both hamburg and luebeck?? indeed, he was from Braunschweig he shouldnt have any of them.


Newsflash: People in power have no problem awarding themselves undeserved honors.

This thread was Godwin'd from the start.....

mister aj: These historical images of the first Democrat Party rallies look even more spectacular in color!

UtileDysfunktion: People in power have no problem awarding themselves undeserved honors.

You're telling me Idi Amin wasn't not really the King of Scotland?

I played soccer in the old Nuremburg Zeppelin field where they held the big rallies.
Patton had the emblem of the 3rd Army painted at the end of every column as a big F you to the Nazis.






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Wow, now those guys knew how to put on a spectacle. Are you paying attention, GOP? That's how you whip up fevered nationalism!

GriffXX: Father_Jack: HotIgneous Intruder: The Nazis obviously had some gay designers on staff.

superfudge73: I hate Nazis, but damn, they did have style.

Hugo Boss designed the uniforms, or so it is alleged.

Alleged? I think they pretty much said flat out he did. Did something new come out?

interesting stuff, thanks! id heard that too but never read it from a reputable source. cheers!

Picture nine was intriguing. The flags have the gears around the swazi and I think it means it's a workers group/party/brigade, or whatever it was called. I had an old VW pin with gears around it in the same manner. I don't know where it is because I put it somewhere so it wouldn't be lost, but I wonder if it was something given out back during the VW coming out in the 30s?

Picture twenty was a great picture. The detail in the face of an everyday dude being a soldier. I haven't seen any pictures before with such details on the torc he was wearing, though I've never looked hard for it.

grokca: Let's play "Where's Benedict XVI?"



"Find-a da Pope in da propaganda"

One of history's fun and sometimes overlooked facts is that the NSDAP (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) and its propaganda wing(s) collaborated with costume designers, apparel designers (Like Hugo Boss, as mentioned earlier), and cinematographers/photographers to develop uniforms that looked incredible on film and in print media while also conveying strength, power, and the might of the German people.
All of this was used to great effect for party recruiting means, and later for recruiting for the Wehrmacht when it came time to go to war.

If you want a good example of the propaganda machine, look no further than the landmark film: Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will) released in 1935. Per several film historians and political historians, this was the film that set the bar for propaganda works for a long time.

/Just some thoughts and fond rememberances of my time as a history graduate student/TA.

I think this rally was in springtime too.

rudemix: Picture nine was intriguing. The flags have the gears around the swazi and I think it means it's a workers group/party/brigade, or whatever it was called. I had an old VW pin with gears around it in the same manner. I don't know where it is because I put it somewhere so it wouldn't be lost, but I wonder if it was something given out back during the VW coming out in the 30s?

Picture twenty was a great picture. The detail in the face of an everyday dude being a soldier. I haven't seen any pictures before with such details on the torc he was wearing, though I've never looked hard for it.

In the fifth one the guys in the middle hung their flag up backwards. I wonder if they were disappeared shortly there after.

Thanks Subby.

Lone Stranger: I think this rally was in springtime too.

Twas a lovely day indeed.... FOR KILLING THE JEWS!

Why did they have to use that stupid instigram filter?

clownpenis.fart: UtileDysfunktion: People in power have no problem awarding themselves undeserved honors.

You're telling me Idi Amin wasn't not really the King of Scotland?

Wikipedia:

"His full self-bestowed title ultimately became 'His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"

These pictures seriously depress me.

StrangeQ: rudemix: Picture nine was intriguing. The flags have the gears around the swazi and I think it means it's a workers group/party/brigade, or whatever it was called. I had an old VW pin with gears around it in the same manner. I don't know where it is because I put it somewhere so it wouldn't be lost, but I wonder if it was something given out back during the VW coming out in the 30s?

Picture twenty was a great picture. The detail in the face of an everyday dude being a soldier. I haven't seen any pictures before with such details on the torc he was wearing, though I've never looked hard for it.

In the fifth one the guys in the middle hung their flag up backwards. I wonder if they were disappeared shortly there after.

Probably them and their next in line in the chain of command.

Emphasis on black, red and white?

gerbilpox: clownpenis.fart: UtileDysfunktion: People in power have no problem awarding themselves undeserved honors.

You're telling me Idi Amin wasn't not really the King of Scotland?

Wikipedia:

"His full self-bestowed title ultimately became 'His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"


King of Scotland must be in there somewhere. Lesse' now... *crtl+F*

A bit more colorful:

If only he had just left England and Russia out of his little scheme...... *sigh*

The porta-john guy in Nazi Germany musta made a fortune.