Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >