RE: Member Photos
September 27, 2015 at 2:33 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2015 at 2:36 pm by abaris.)
That's actually an interesting picture. Both my parents emigrated to Hungary when Hitler came to Austria. They met each other there. The uncle of my father had a car repair shop there. A pretty large one as can be seen by the number of employees. My father obviously took the picture, since he's not in it. It's of some historical interest, since the white stripe on the fender says it has been taken during the war. These white stripes were there to make the cars more visible for fellow motorists, since the lights had to be dimmed at night because of air hazards. It also points out some economical hypocrisy, since this uncle had the general agency for the Ford motor company and Wehrmacht cars alike. One of the standard half trucks of the Wehrmacht actually was a Ford model. The other standard trucks were Opels, a General Motors brand.
But it kept my father out of the war, which was a good thing.
But it kept my father out of the war, which was a good thing.