Image talk:WittRealschuleCrop.jpg

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Who are the other people in the photograph? Thanks!


Administrators, please remove my needless revisions, thanks. I was trying to look at a older version. It turns out the hyperlinks at the side of the Image history don't work the like they do for articles ;-). Root4(one) 03:20, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

The image is cropped version of a standard class photograph of Hitler at the Realschule, now available from the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz. It has been published many times in works on Hitler. Walter Langer's book "The Mind of Adolf Hitler" which is a post-war publication of Langer's wartime psychiatric evaluation of Hitler for the OSS (which became the CIA) has it captioned "At the Linz High School, aged 14 (extreme right, upper row). His achool performance was generally mediocre. AP Photo". Langer, of course, is referring to Hitler, not Wittgenstein. For those who want to chase up the reference, the publishing details on the page opposite the foreword, read "This edition published 1973 by Book Club Associates By arrangement with Secker & Warburg Ltd. Copyright 1972 by Basic Books, Inc. First published in England 1973 by Martin Secker & Warburg Limited." Since Hitler was born 20th April 1889 (and Wittgenstein 26th April 1889) if Hitler is given as being 14 in the photograph, it has to have been taken 1903/4, which is the school year in question. Should anyone want to put a different date on the image (as has been happening anonymously, with no discussion) please add your reasons, stating why you think Langer's published dating to 1903/4 is incorrect. A very great deal hangs on the correct dating of the photograph.210.49.121.35 00:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

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Why ruin the photo by labeling it? The names can be added in another manner. 70.112.49.77 02:03, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. A footnote stating who is who would suffice. Those arrows are really horrible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.135.8.25 (talk) 00:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Clearly neither Wittgenstein nor Hitler is 14 in that picture. They look about 8 or 9. I don't know what date the picture was taken but I can't believe it was 1903. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.16.91 (talk) 18:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

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Who was the photographer (="author of the picture") and when did he die? This is important for the validity of the PD-license! Dorftrottel (bait) 16:09, April 14, 2008