These Colour Photos of the Third Reich...

godimgay Published 11/09/2015

Are Even More Chilling Than Their B&W Counterparts.

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This particular series is from Hugo Jaeger, who was one of Hitler’s personal photographers
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The sight of all those banners and swastikas is just so oppressive
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Sights like this make you realise how fanatical these Nazis actually were
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Dissent against the Nazis was prevalent in Germany, but images like this showed them to be a united front
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A fearsome sight for any detractor of the Third Reich
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This blanket bombardment of symbols and ideals is not a new concept in totalitarian government
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As Life.com editor Ben Cosgrove writes in his essay accompany the photo set, “it never hurts to remind ourselves that it takes far more than emblems — no matter how commanding they might be, or how transcendent they might seem — to transform a movement into an enduring political, social or military force.”

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2.
This particular series is from Hugo Jaeger, who was one of Hitler’s personal photographers
3.
The sight of all those banners and swastikas is just so oppressive
4.
Sights like this make you realise how fanatical these Nazis actually were
5.
Dissent against the Nazis was prevalent in Germany, but images like this showed them to be a united front
6.
A fearsome sight for any detractor of the Third Reich
7.
This blanket bombardment of symbols and ideals is not a new concept in totalitarian government
8.
As Life.com editor Ben Cosgrove writes in his essay accompany the photo set, “it never hurts to remind ourselves that it takes far more than emblems — no matter how commanding they might be, or how transcendent they might seem — to transform a movement into an enduring political, social or military force.”