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Disclaimer: I'm not a nazi and this photo isn't intended to glorify them. I've said that just in case you're stupid enough to believe I might be a closet fascist for posting a historical document.



[Thanks to Andrew for obscuring the offensive bits.]

The image comes from Life, April 1939. A feature on 3 families, French, German and English.

Look beyond who's holding the glasses. Dead informative photo, which is why I'm posting it. Points of interest:


  1. beermats. Branded beermats. And, if I'm not mistaken, branded Schultheiss.
  2. colour: the beer is very pale. Looks like a Pils/Helles/Export
  3. glass size: that's not very big - 30 cl?
  4. scary: men, haircuts, uniforms.


The caption says: ". . . The beer has grown steadily worse in Berlin."

It wasn't going to get any better soon.


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