The Leica Freedom Train was not a physical coal or steam engine, but the monumental effort of the Leitz family. This is how they and the Leica camera company saved hundreds of Jews from persecution at the hands of the Nazis.
As the Second World War entered its final year, “The Song of the War […]. petapixel.com
A years-long investigation has uncovered the identity of a photographer who risked his life taking hundreds of pictures of Nazi Occupied France -- and paid the price for it. [Read More]
The History Channel has released an absorbing video about the life and career of photographer Lee Miller that is narrated by Kate Winslet. [Read More]
An original print of a famous portrait of Winston Churchill has been recovered in Italy after it was stolen from an Ottawa, Canada hotel more than two years ago. [Read More]
The trailer for a documentary about the photographer Roman Vishinac -- who is best known for documenting Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the years prior to World War II -- has been released. [Read More]
This mind-bending World War II photograph with "floating trees" may look like it is an optical illusion or cloned on Photoshop -- but it is actually a real image. [Read More]
Navy photographer Mickey Strand, who served for 24 years before retiring in 2009, has captured portraits of more than 115 World War II veterans since 2017. Of those, only 10 to 15 are still with us today, which shows the urgency of moving forward before it's too late. [Read More]