Groep van 40 losse foto's over de diensttijd van Dieter Glitsch uit Hardegsen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog 1940 - 1945

This group of about forty photographs documents Dieter Glitsch’s military service during World War II, but the artist—if we can call them that—is unknown. Looking at these small, grainy images, I imagine someone carefully arranging them, trying to make sense of a chaotic time, piecing together fragments of memory. There’s a starkness to the black and white, a kind of raw honesty that comes with the medium itself. The photos are like little windows, each one offering a glimpse into a world both familiar and alien. I wonder about the hands that held these photos, the eyes that scrutinized them. What stories did they tell themselves as they looked? War is hell but within it are moments of respite and human connection. These images feel more like a personal meditation on history.