A panzer officer from Heer with the rank of Leutnant adjusts his folding camera while another camera records the scene. Of the millions of German soldiers who went to war, many brought their personal cameras to chronicle their Dienstzeit or military service via meticulously compiled albums or individual photos sent to family and friends. No other group of combatants has documented a war in such sheer numbers of images in an era before television, the video camera and satellite link-ups. The 127 and 120 format or more advanced 35mm still-camera was often their instrument and at times the Soldaten aimed them with the same accuracy as their Mauser rifles and Krupp cannon.
Source :
Book "New Images of Nazi Germany: a Photographic Collection" by Paul Garson
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