WW2 era photo of SS-Helferinnen?

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WW2 era photo of SS-Helferinnen?

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Post by Paul K. » 28 Mar 2019, 20:01

I wonder if anyone here can tell the origin of this photograph. Is it an original WW2 photo of an SS-Helferinnen or some reenactment photo shoot?
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 29 Mar 2019, 01:55

It looks modern to me. The overall atmosphere of the photo is rather atypical for WWII Germany.

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Post by Paul K. » 29 Mar 2019, 13:04

I agree Ivan but thought it may be a still from a documentary. It appears on different webpages so maybe someone recognise it.

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Post by von thoma » 30 Mar 2019, 04:46

Many women participate in reenactors wearing these uniforms, she is correctly uniformed, this is one of them
They make good pictures in B/W, and sometimes one can be confused.
The funny thing is that none girl is German...
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Post by Paul K. » 30 Mar 2019, 12:46

But how can you tell this is the case here von thoma? Do you know the source of this picture?

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 30 Mar 2019, 12:56

Women during WWII and especially German women in military service generally didn't pose in front of cameras looking down at some part of their body/clothing, trying to look mysterious and sexy, like women in our era - and like the pictured girl. Also, women in military/police service tend to use much less or no makeup.

If you wish to find the source of an image, you may use the Google image search https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=EN

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Post by von thoma » 31 Mar 2019, 02:55

But how can you tell this is the case here von thoma ? Do you know the source of this picture ?
I see many photos of this type frequently, at the beginning I was wrong
See this thread ; viewtopic.php?f=40&t=225745
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Post by von thoma » 31 Mar 2019, 04:36

Eva Braun as SS-Helferin :o
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Post by Xavier » 01 Apr 2019, 23:17

i dont think its Eva Braun...

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 01 Apr 2019, 23:37

It was a joke :) It's an SS-Helferin reenactment photo from Instagram.

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