Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sure, though out of deference to the Salon Keeper, it should be done in the Forum. S.d. On Apr 2, 2010, at 3:22 PM, A. Lal wrote: > Questions below > ----- Original Message ----- From: "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at > charter.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 10:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Wartime experiences > > >> I stand on the opposite side of this issue, and not too far from the Sony >> radio reaction, when it comes to Germany. >> I still see the focus on individuals and organizations as a form of alibi. >> Sometime ago, I called attention to the role of Central European entities >> to some of the current adventurism >and bogus rehabilitations. > > Slobodan, would you mind elaboration on these points for those of us not > familiar with "focus on individuals and organizations as a form of alibi" > and "current adventurism and bogus rehabilitations."? > >> I was publicly attacked by a semi official arm of the German government >> as a hateful person based on my >ethnicity. >> Mind you, I never identified myself as anything other than an American >> veteran. After I did some >> cursory research, I found out that the writer was from the German embassy >> in Mexico CIty, one of their >largest missions in the world. >> You figure out why! > > Sorry to say I am clueless. Details please. > >> I went to the Jewish Federation, here in LA, for advice > >on a response. They got a chuckle out of it, as did I, and told me it > >would be pointless to get into a spitting >contest with them. So I left > >enough alone. But it was a reminder that the Balkan Spiel in still in > >play at >Berlin, well in to the late 20th century, and into this one. >> S.d. >> >> >> On Apr 1, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information