Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's some Leica content..., too. ...Perhaps the most extraordinary photo ever taken... http://artscenecal.com/ArticlesFile/Archive/Articles1997/Articles0397/AEisen staedt3.html On 5/8/04 12:22 PM, "Oliver" <oliverbryk@iqmail.net> wrote: > Nathan wrote: > > "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" > > Thank you for posting these thoughts, Nathan. As a survivor who was near > Berlin on that day, I share your sentiments wholeheartedly. I, too, visit > cemeteries and memorials from those terrible years. We must never forget. > Oliver Bryk > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information