Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, since this topic arose here it would be interesting to see the response here too. However, if you prefer the forum that is fine with me. See you there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at charter.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Wartime experiences > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >