Author: Vaccaro, Tony
Title: Entering Germany: 1944-1949
Description: Taschen, 2001. Hard Cover with dustwrappers. 187 pp. Photos in b/w. Text in English, French and German. l For the first time, Tony Vaccaro's photos documenting World War II and its aftermath in Germany are presented together in one book. Vaccaro's story is unique: he was born in Pennsylvania, USA of Italian parents but spent most of his childhood under the fascist regime in Italy. He returned to the United States to finish high school, where he developed a passion for photography. Drafted into the army in 1944, Vaccaro was forced to return to Europe. He went armed with a gun and a camera. He came back, in 1949, with one of the most comprehensive photographic diaries by a serviceman in any war.

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