Stolen and Returned : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Stolen and Returned / Nagyman
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | This is the base of the Victory Tower. Hitler had it moved and in the process he added an extra vertical section. Each section stood for a past victory, and the new section was to represent a future victory. Hitler also pointed the statue at the top (Nike?) towards Paris...basically a big slap in France's face. The allies defeated Germany and Berlin was split into 4 pieces and the Victory Tower was in the British section....so the French kindly asked "May we blow this up?". The British, not typically keen on the French anyhow, said "No."During the night, the French drove a few tanks up to the tower. It wasn't guarded or anything, so it wasn't a problem. They didn't blow it up (as it would be obvious of who was the culprit), but they did steal those metal mosaics seen in the picture.France hid these in the Leuvre for many years, never admitting to having taken them. Fairly recently, on Berlin's birthday, the French said "Oh! Look what we found lying around...we have no idea how these got here...but here you go! Happy Birthday!"And so the panels were put back in their original homes.Note: The missing heads were taken by Russian soldiers as war souvenirs apparently. This was shortly before the final stand-off at the Riechstag, so those soldiers may not have lived to keep their trophies anyhow. |
| 撮影日 | 2005-10-14 11:11:58 |
| 撮影者 | Nagyman , Vancouver, Canada |
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| カメラ | DMC-FZ3 , Panasonic |
| 露出 | 0.025 sec (1/40) |
| 開放F値 | f/2.8 |