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Signed portrait

Jan 29, 2007 15:29

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vragsharapov January 29 2007, 14:41:28 UTC

Какой кроткий тут.

petrusplancius January 29 2007, 16:02:03 UTC

Looking at this picture without knowing who he was, I do not think that one would feel that this was an evil man. He has rather commonplace features but his eyes are powerful and even unsettling. I have just been reading The Last Days of Hitler by Hugh Trevor-Roper (who was an intelligence agent during the war and questioned many associates of Hitler after the fall of Germany), and he lays special emphasis on his eyes when discussing the peculiar fascination that he exercised on people who met him. Even at the end, when he was almost a physical wreck, 'the fascination of those eyes, which had bewitched so many seemingly sober men ... had not deserted them. It was useless for his enemies to complain that they were really repellent. "They are neither deep nor blue", protested Rauschning, "his look is staring or dead, and lacks the brilliance and sparkle of genuine animation"; nevertheless, in spite of his explanations and evasions, Rauschning had to admit, what Speer freely confesses and thousands of less critical Germans (and not only ( ... )

lone_concertina January 29 2007, 16:24:34 UTC

Wow. I too just commented on his eyes, although not nearly in as interesting of a way as you.

bricology January 29 2007, 17:51:32 UTC

That was one aspect that I found missing from Bruno Ganz' portrayal of him in the otherwise excellent "Der Untergang"; Ganz' eyes lacked that piercing intensity. Maybe that can be explained away since it was set in the final months of Hitler's life, when most of his energy was gone.

lone_concertina January 29 2007, 16:23:27 UTC

He had such piercing eyes.

orangecat62 January 29 2007, 17:02:56 UTC

NO......... frikkin ........ way!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHOA!... now that has got to be worth a lot of cash!

DAMN......