Kriegsberichter-Archive
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:51 pm
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Would like to take the time to post here a new photo site I've created: http://www.kriegsberichter-archive.com
The photos are from NARA (US National Archives and Records Administration), and the majority of them are unpublished. Some of the photos are in the Charles Trang/Schiffer publication books and various other photos published across the Net or in print form.
I've taken photos from scanned contact sheets and added them to folders, grouped under (where possible), the SS-Kriegsberichter who took them.
Yes, the photos (95% of them) are SS/VT, Waffen-SS photos. But there's everything from DRK, to Heer, Feldgendarmier, Luftwaffe, JU52s, you name it.
Right now the photo count is 3, 551 photos I've put online. The website has been optimized for both 'desktop' and 'mobile' versions and you can switch between languages if you wish as well, for our non-English speaking viewers.
What I'm going to do down the road is tag all of these photos.
The reasoning is so that you can search 'dot44, parka', or 'suomi' or 'Speiss' or 'schreibstube' or 'lateral camo' or 'radio' or 'mg42' etc., when looking up reference photos or to confirm notes or posting elssewhere on the web.
The tagging will take a long time. In the meantime, you can comment (you have to log in to comment, so I can avoid a plethora of 'Russian brides want to meet you' comments on the site.).
I have about 3,000 possible additional photos to add to the site.
I'm hoping this is a valuable resource for some of you, a, to see a large amount of unpublished photos, but a variety of photos of culture, insignia and field gear combintations, training etc.
No more 'hey anyone ever seen a photo of smocks with camouflage rank insignia on them' or 'any photos of dot44 parka sets being worn?'
It should all be there.
Comments, criticisms, welcome.
Would like to take the time to post here a new photo site I've created: http://www.kriegsberichter-archive.com
The photos are from NARA (US National Archives and Records Administration), and the majority of them are unpublished. Some of the photos are in the Charles Trang/Schiffer publication books and various other photos published across the Net or in print form.
I've taken photos from scanned contact sheets and added them to folders, grouped under (where possible), the SS-Kriegsberichter who took them.
Yes, the photos (95% of them) are SS/VT, Waffen-SS photos. But there's everything from DRK, to Heer, Feldgendarmier, Luftwaffe, JU52s, you name it.
Right now the photo count is 3, 551 photos I've put online. The website has been optimized for both 'desktop' and 'mobile' versions and you can switch between languages if you wish as well, for our non-English speaking viewers.
What I'm going to do down the road is tag all of these photos.
The reasoning is so that you can search 'dot44, parka', or 'suomi' or 'Speiss' or 'schreibstube' or 'lateral camo' or 'radio' or 'mg42' etc., when looking up reference photos or to confirm notes or posting elssewhere on the web.
The tagging will take a long time. In the meantime, you can comment (you have to log in to comment, so I can avoid a plethora of 'Russian brides want to meet you' comments on the site.).
I have about 3,000 possible additional photos to add to the site.
I'm hoping this is a valuable resource for some of you, a, to see a large amount of unpublished photos, but a variety of photos of culture, insignia and field gear combintations, training etc.
No more 'hey anyone ever seen a photo of smocks with camouflage rank insignia on them' or 'any photos of dot44 parka sets being worn?'
It should all be there.
Comments, criticisms, welcome.