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On April 30, 1945, photojournalists Lee Miller (1907/1977) and David E. Scherman (1916/1997) produced one of the most controversial photographic series of the twentieth century. Lee Miller covering WWII for Vogue teamed up with the American photographer David E. Scherman, a Life magazine correspondent on many assignments.
The night after Miller visited Dachau, on April 30, 1945 — Hitler's death day — Miller and Scherman entered Munich with the American 45th Div. that was liberating the city. They happened upon a dilapidated and normal-looking apartment building on Prinzenregentplatz 27, and realized, upon entering, that it was Hitler’s Munich apartment.
The photo was taken on the day that Hitler committed suicide, although Lee Miller didn’t know that until after the event: A woman -Miller- caught between horror (Hitler's picture, left) and beauty (woman statue, right).
Shortly before, Miller had toured and photographed the Dachau concentration camp. She and Scherman had then made their way to Munich, by this time under U.S. occupation, and headed for Hitler’s apartment, where they spent the night with a group of other people.
But the key object in the photograph are Lee Miller’s boots on Hitler’s bath mat, which when she arrived was pristine white, and when she left was covered with dirt from Dachau. Ironies of fate.
The night after Miller visited Dachau, on April 30, 1945 — Hitler's death day — Miller and Scherman entered Munich with the American 45th Div. that was liberating the city. They happened upon a dilapidated and normal-looking apartment building on Prinzenregentplatz 27, and realized, upon entering, that it was Hitler’s Munich apartment.
The photo was taken on the day that Hitler committed suicide, although Lee Miller didn’t know that until after the event: A woman -Miller- caught between horror (Hitler's picture, left) and beauty (woman statue, right).
Shortly before, Miller had toured and photographed the Dachau concentration camp. She and Scherman had then made their way to Munich, by this time under U.S. occupation, and headed for Hitler’s apartment, where they spent the night with a group of other people.
But the key object in the photograph are Lee Miller’s boots on Hitler’s bath mat, which when she arrived was pristine white, and when she left was covered with dirt from Dachau. Ironies of fate.
