[cyberia]

I have recently acquired access a large collection of photographs taken on the Eastern Front by German soldiers who served there.

This collection is massive, totaling nearly 2,000 photos, none of which are government or PK photos, but rather snap shots taken by the common solider of what they saw and experienced.

Most are clear and crisp, all are black and white and cover a wide range of subject material. As one would expect, none of these contain any information as to where, when or whom.

My my first thought was to disperse these throughout the site to various threads, then I realized what we have here is a time capsule of sorts unique to a particular page in history.

As these photographs would be posted for the benefit of the membership, I thought it might be best to allow the membership to decide where to place them and how. Either throughout the site in bits and pieces, or as a grouping in a separate thread.

I have also noted that many of our keen eyed and well versed members here enjoy deciphering photos on their own. So posting these without captions might be an opportunity for a group participation thread.

One final note: About five percent of these photos are of battlefield scenes. Uncensored and often graphic. These can either be omitted or posted as links with a warning. On this point I think the decision should be left entirely up to Jim.

I would rather have comments as opposed to a poll, so let me know what you think.


cyberia