Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Today is May 8th, the day World War II ended in Europe. In many countries various solemn events are taking place. I will visit the Commonwealth cemetery near Arnhem tomorrow morning. On this day, as a son of a Holocaust surviver, I want to remember and to thank the people who made victory over Nazi Germany possible: - the Russians who lost 20 million people during the war and whose stand at Stalingrad was arguably the turning point of the war, certainly on the Eastern Front; - the Americans who brought their military and industrial might to bear on the opposite side of Europe; - and most of all, the British, who persevered during the darkest hour in 1940, when all of the Continent was either occupied or neutral, the Soviet Union had its non-aggression pact with Hitler, and the USA was happily neutral on the other side of the Atlantic. If Britain had fallen, there would have been no Western Front, no place for the USA from which to stage D-Day, no future for this continent. May their sacrifices never be forgotten. Nathan -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html