Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/01

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Subject: [Leica] Wartime experiences
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 00:50:05 +0200
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This hits very close to home. My father lost most of his extended family 
during the Holocaust and spent the years 1943-45 killing as many German 
soldiers as possible. His war ended on VE-Day in Bernau, 35 km from Berlin. 

Yet, he never advocated collective guilt. His first wife was German. We 
visited Germany frequently during my childhood and adolescence, and today I 
am very comfortable there. The Germany of today has nothing to do with the 
Germany of the 1930s. 

If you want to pick on a country, pick on Japan whose leaders still feel 
obliged to make annual visits to a shrine which commemorates war criminals.

Nathan

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On Apr 1, 2010, at 5:49 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

> Frank writes:
> "My cousin bought a little Sony portable radio in the 60s with the money
> earned on his paper round. My uncle smashed it to tiny pieces using his
> hammer, and gave him the money..."
> - - - - -
> I am a Korean War vet and I absolutely refuse to buy anything made in North
> Korea. Not that I have had much opportunity to buy North Korean goods. 
> South
> Korea is OK. My parents, who lost relatives in the holocaust were appalled
> that I bought a German made Leica until I told them about the Leitz 
> "Freedom
> Train." However I still feel uneasy about visiting Germany. Emotional scars
> last a long time.
> Larry Z
> 
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