[Pics] For Your Historians: The Walter Koessler Project [WW1 Pictures]

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Link: The Walter Koessler Project: An extensive personal look into World War I

 

This is my great-grandfather Walter Koessler’s photo album from when he was an officer throughout all four years of World War One. It’s incredible for many reasons:

 

1. Walter was German, and he was an independent photographer. Most surviving photos from the war are from the Allies, and they tend to be propaganda or journalistic. Walter’s photos are very personal....
   

 

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