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Alfred Shoots Adolf Hitler: A Leica story

Jim A , Dec 22, 2006; 11:11 p.m.

While researching toy digital camcorders I came across the site PXL THIS, dedicated to videos produced using the PXL 2000, a toy camera. The PXL 2000 was available from 1987 to 1989 from the toy company, Fisher-Price. There is even a PXL THIS film festival, established in 1991 and celebrating the Fisher-Price PXL 2000 toy video camera.

One of the videos on the site is of Alfred Benjamin, who is Jewish, telling the story of photographing Hitler with his Leica camera in 1934 when he was 18-years-old, and his reaction to staring into the face of evil.

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Karim Ghantous , Dec 23, 2006; 02:40 a.m.

Cool. Thanks for posting!

John Brewton , Dec 23, 2006; 08:35 a.m.

Jim, thanks loads for this info. Fascinating stuff.

Paul Neuthaler , Dec 23, 2006; 09:31 a.m.

Too bad it was a Leica & not a 308 Winchester!

Jerry Kirkwood , Dec 23, 2006; 11:09 a.m.

and his reaction to staring into the face of evil

I'll bet you'd get the same reaction from some of the CNN photogs covering the White House now :grin:

Tito Carlos Maria Sobrinho , Dec 23, 2006; 01:12 p.m.

...or the new Speaker of the House facing FOX news.

John Kelly , Dec 23, 2006; 04:35 p.m.

That's a superb video. Thanks!

Think how much good stuff is being churned out today by cheap digicams, and we won't even know about it for decades.

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