War Games Inside WW2 Reenacting

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Curious what WW2 Reenacting is like? This book was the results of seven years of research in which the author participated in many events. The book gives insight into reenacting and its nature.


While the book in out in paperback. You can get it on Amazon in hardback from book resalers for as little as $4.00
www.amazon.com/War-Games-Inside-Twentieth-Century-Reenactors/dp/1588341283


Author's Website
www.jennythompson.org/

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You can listen to a inteview with Jenny over WW2 Reenactments
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1917000

- Authenticity and Farbs
- Doing Impressions rather than impressionating real people
- Civil War Reenactment over commericalized
- Public Reenactment versus Private Reenactments
- Call in from a Women who does an East German Impression (Not a good example obviously)
- Call in from a Guy doing German Panzer Impression (Better than the women's explanation, but still not very not very informative. He also gives a lame answers to questions.)
- Jenny explanation of interest in German impression.
- Interest to participate in history.

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I own and have read this book. It's interesting. I do see a lot of parallels to California reenacting, but I think we have a different factors and issues on things out here which makes us somewhat unique. Also, the book was written years ago, shortly after Band of Brothers, and WWII reenacting was large and growing, but not fully matured.