When All Our Brothers Are Silent: The Book Of Photographs Of The SS (Wenn alle Bruder schweigen Großer Bildband über die Waffen-SS) (2003) By P. Hinchy (Translator)
Gathered from photos belonging to members of the Waffen-SS themselves, this is an outstanding collection of Second World War photos.
We are told in the brief pages preceding the photos that this collection was put in book form by the Association of Soldiers of the Former Waffen-SS.
Originally published in 1973, a one-page foreward is written by Paul Hausser, the former Colonel-General and highest-ranking officer of the Waffen-SS: It was hoped by the members of the association that these photos showing the men of the Waffen-SS in their daily activities would allow the reader/viewer to walk "among the people", that is, to see them as something other than the beasts they have come to be known.
Whether such an undertaking can be achieved by this or any collection is doubtful. What is accomplished is a fine compilation of photos of the men of the Waffen-SS and the raising of significant questions in the introduction. By 1944, the Waffen-SS had between 900,000 and 1,000,000 men in uniform.
Dual English / German text.
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- c.600 pages
- In Good Condition
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