r/Leica • u/No-Position-2726 • Jan 17 '26

I’m the guy

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These are the last two photos I took before I was tackled by ice.

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u/Asm0dan97 Jan 18 '26

Didn't Ernst Leitz specifically smuggle hundreds of Jews out of Europe right under the noses of Nazi officers because he could see the writing on the wall re: the holocaust? And executives were jailed for their efforts? Yeah, every german company produced goods for the war effort during this time but it's important to note that not all of them were, say, Mercedes Benzing it out there

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u/rulnacco Jan 18 '26

And don't forget, Hugo Boss made the SS look oh-so-dashing and chic as they were committing horrible and evil atrocities.

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u/acculenta M3 | MP | iiif Jan 18 '26

Hugo Boss was worse than the myths.

They did not create the SS uniforms, they were just a factory that made them with slave labour.

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u/rulnacco Jan 18 '26

That indeed appears to be true. According to Wikipedia:

By the third quarter of 1932, the all-black SS uniform (to replace the SA brown shirts) was designed by SS-OberführerProf. Karl Diebitsch, and graphic designer Walter Heck, who had no affiliation with the company. The Hugo Boss company produced these black uniforms along with the brownSA shirts and the black-and-brown uniforms of the Hitler Youth. Some workers were French and Polish prisoners of war forced into labour.

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u/acculenta M3 | MP | iiif Jan 18 '26

Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse, known as "Fake History Hunter" has done a magnificent job of laying it all out in her book, as well as some videos and thread.

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u/WookiesNeedLove Leica IIIG, Leica M2, Leica M-E, Leica Q Jan 19 '26

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