Faces of Evil at Christmas

From the Daily Mail:

The pictures from December 18, which have only just come to light, show Hitler and his generals at a party for SS officer cadets in Munich.

But the Nazi Christmas was far from traditional.

Hitler believed religion had no place in his 1,000-year Reich, so he replaced the Christian figure of Saint Nicholas with the Norse god Odin and urged Germans to celebrate the season as a holiday of the ‘winter solstice’, rather than Christmas.

Two thoughts here:
1. Absolutely beautiful photos, technically speaking. I love the shallow depth of field. But look at the lack of expression on the faces of Nazi soldiers. If I had to describe it in a word, it would be "soul-less."

2. Interesting that today, almost 70 years later some people are trying to remove religion from Christmas by using the same tactics that Hitler did.