This title presents Tony Vaccaro's images of Germany during World War II and its aftermath. Photographs and written text are combined in this visual diary of one man's experience of the war, including images such as the famous "White death" depicting a dead soldier nearly covered in snow.
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An eerie catalogue of the physical and spiritual cost of total war on conqueror and conquered alike. -- Washington Post, May 28, 2001
Entering Germany is an engrossing document of artistic as well as social importance. -- Associated Press, July 30, 2001
His pictures consistently reflect the humanity of his subjects, and reveal the fragile, precarious nature of former enemies learning to trust one another. -- Bergen Record, May 16, 2001
In Tony Vaccaro’s book we get a moving close-up of victory without the trumpets and flags. -- Newsweek, June 25, 2001
It’s a profound document of killing and victory, defeat and regret, and the German people’s struggle towards normalcy after the fighting ended. -- American Photo Magazine, July/August 2001
More than any corny movie or politically correct essay, the pictures in this book make the point that, national borders aside, we are all people. -- Rockford Register Star, June 10, 2001
Entering Germany is an engrossing document of artistic as well as social importance. -- Associated Press, July 30, 2001
His pictures consistently reflect the humanity of his subjects, and reveal the fragile, precarious nature of former enemies learning to trust one another. -- Bergen Record, May 16, 2001
In Tony Vaccaro’s book we get a moving close-up of victory without the trumpets and flags. -- Newsweek, June 25, 2001
It’s a profound document of killing and victory, defeat and regret, and the German people’s struggle towards normalcy after the fighting ended. -- American Photo Magazine, July/August 2001
More than any corny movie or politically correct essay, the pictures in this book make the point that, national borders aside, we are all people. -- Rockford Register Star, June 10, 2001
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Text: English, French, German
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"Armed with Gun and Camera",
This review is from: Entering Germany: 1944-1949 (Hardcover)
Tony Vacarro first entered Germany as an infantryman in December, 1944. Unlike other GI's, he carried a camera along with his rifle. He processed his film in army helmets and hung the wet negatives to dry on the branches of trees. Later, he worked as a photographer with the occupation forces. His stark and arresting black and white images follow the course from the liberation of Germany through the occupation, reconstruction and eventual return to a tentative peace in 1949. This book provides unexpected insight, through the eyes of a sensitive and individualistic observer, into a crucial period in 20th century history. Many of the pictures are truly unforgettable - especially the moving portrait of a dead GI in the snow of the Ardennes forest (p.4-5), the view of the mountains from Hitler's retreat at the Berghof (p. 68-69) and the quirky, humorous shot of the soldier with German children at Tempelhof Airport (p. 188-189) which sums up in a single image the magnitude of the rapprochement between Americans and Germans. "Entering Germany" is a very impressive achievement, and is strongly recommended.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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An Absorbing and Disturbing Look at War's Aftermath,
By Truman Peyote "bookrdr" (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Entering Germany: 1944-1949 (Hardcover)
Having lived in Germany in the late 70's, I saw the results of its "economic miracle." I often wondered though, as I drove down streets of Frankfurt or Berlin, what it looked like right after WWII. Well, this book delivers just that. It is a photo-journalistic treasure of post-war Germany and about what it endured (and one might say rightly so.) Each photo tells a story that can go on for hours. If this period of history interests you, you will not be disappointed. Interestingly, it was published in Germany.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Post War Germany Like you've never seen it.,
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This review is from: Entering Germany: 1944-1949 (Hardcover)
In 2002, while on a business trip with Siemens, I chanced upon a copy of Tony Vaccaro's volume of pictures taken in Germany from 1944-1949. The little bookstore in Rothenburg ob der Tauber didn't have a tremendous selection of history titles, but they did have this gem of a book.
Vaccaro's camera details the final agonies of the war from the Hurtgen Forest and into Germany. The pictures of war dead are unflinching and will disqualify this book from sitting on your coffee table in the reach of young eyes. It's an adult view of Post War Germany, the good, the bad, and the horrible. The pictures offer some amazing images of the destruction wrought upon German cities such as Munich and Frankfurt. They also record the resilience and amazing energy of the German people as they rebuilt from the ruins of Nazi Germany. Perhaps the most interesting pictures are of the children and interaction of the G.I.'s with them. Vaccaro makes the point that for many young German boys, the G.I.'s became the most important father figures in their lives. And so a pictorial history that sears with images of the dead, beams with hope as German children crowd around a G.I. as he heads back to America. America's Greatest Generation was and is considered that still by many Germans. So if you are looking for a book that closes the story of the Second World War in Germany...well let this be the book.
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