HILMAR PABEL (1910–2000) Lot n° 39

HILMAR PABEL (1910-2000) | German Infantry soldiers / Destroyed Krupp plant in Essen, c. 1944 / 1947 Image Size: 16,5 x 23,8 / 19,1 x 24,2 cm English: Two vintage silver prints on glossy paper 18 x 23,8 / 20,7 x 25,4 cm, both in good condition. Photographer's copyright stamps, signed "Pabel" / handwritten annotation "Krupp, Essen 1947" by the photographer in pencil on the reverse. Three of the soldiers are wearing the "Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen der Wehrmacht". / During the Second World War, the German heavy industry company Krupp in Essen, was in charge of Nazi armaments production. It employed up to 25,000 forced laborers and concentration camp prisoners to make up for the shortage of workers caused by the war. The factory halls were heavily bombed by the Allies from March 1943, the remaining facilities were dismantled in 1948 and taken abroad as reparations. subject to resale right German: Two vintage silver gelatin prints on glossy paper 18 x 23.8 / 20.7 x 25.4 cm, both in good condition. Photographer's copyright stamp on the reverse, signed by the photographer "Pabel" / handwritten note "Krupp, Essen 1947" in pencil. Three of the soldiers are wearing the "Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen der Wehrmacht". / During the Second World War, the German heavy industry company Krupp in Essen was involved in Nazi armaments production. To make up for the shortage of workers caused by the war, it employed up to 25,000 forced laborers and concentration camp prisoners. The factory buildings were heavily bombed from March 1943 onwards, the remaining facilities were dismantled in 1948 and taken abroad as reparations. liable to prosecution