Video of Ruined Nazi Stronghold
This morning I ran across a haunting video on YouTube, a five-minute tour of the ruins of a Nazi stronghold in Bretagne, France. Now, bear in mind, I’m a sucker for ruins of any kind. I’ve even been known to stop on the side of the road and take photos of abandoned, vintage gas stations.
There’s a rather extended blog entry here in relation to the video. (There are some opinions there that I’m neither advocating or refuting. Just providing the link to flesh out the story of the video since there is no narration.)
One of the things that struck me about the video was the fact that the ruins are covered in graffiti. While I realize it isn’t possible to preserve every remnant of every war, I’m still disturbed by that kind of thing. If we can’t make physical memorials, I’m glad we have photos and video at our disposal to preserve some of these sites before they disappear forever into the landscape or fall prey to what seems to be mankind’s desire to pave every square inch of the planet.
Just as a quick aside, another exciting project along these lines is the virtual reconstruction of Hitler’s long-destroyed Fuhrerbunker. For more information and to see some images, click here.
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July 20th, 2007 at 6:00 am
I just stopped b y to say thank you for posting this on your site. I am the director and writer for this short video essay “THE GHOSTS OF WORLD WAR II”
It is with great sadness that the Resistance fighter I talk about in the blog entry…passed away on July 15, 2007. How appropriate that you posted this entry on July 19…his birthday. Thank you!
Peace,
RAM (Ron Modro)
July 20th, 2007 at 7:36 am
You’re welcome Ron. It’s a beautiful piece of work and I was delighted share it. I am sad to hear of the passing of a gallant patriot. It was an unwitting accident that the entry was posted on his birthday, but a happy one. Thank you for dropping by to give us the “end” of the story.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:30 am
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August 1st, 2007 at 12:30 pm
This is a great mini production! Great job Ron!
September 18th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Great mini clip by the way. I have a curious question. I have tons of world war II signal corp photos they are maybe 14*11 or so in size, I was wondering how much for pictures like that go for.
Thanks
Christina