Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can attest to the anti-Fascist propaganda in the bad old days. I started school in the socialist brother country Poland in 1967. From the very beginning we were taught in school about the "good" Germans, the ones in the DDR, and the bad ones in West Germany. I remember when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, my father went to France to visit some relatives; he travelled by train, and I was warning him to be careful when passing through West Germany so that the Nazis would not get him. And this despite the fact that in our family listening to Radio Free Europe was a nightly ritual. Nathan Douglas Sharp wrote: > Glenn, > thanks for the Hooded Crow. > The East Germans really did stick to the idea of the wall preventing > fascist insurgents invading their socialist paradise. Of course the > biggest joke of all was calling their country the German DEMOCRATIC > Republic. Their elections were like the choice of colours for the > Model-T Ford (that wasn't a big car!!). > They could choose between a rock and a hard place, frying pan or fire, > whatever they voted they got the same government. Hmmm? is that really > different from the rest of the world? > Thanks for your comments > Douglas > > Glenn Stauffer wrote: > >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 01:11:10 +0100, Douglas Sharp >> <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure which one of these works best (if at all) >>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-80362.html >> >> >> >> This one works best for my eyes. The tighter composition accentuates >> the symmetry of the elements - the building, the ball, the reflections >> in the windows. >> >> >>> Looking forward to seeing this colossal tree again in summer >>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-80366.html >> >> >> >> Beautiful and interesting tree. Colossal must have a different >> meaning in the old country - in America, our trees, like our cars, are >> much bigger than yours. :-) >> >> >>> Another piece of the Anti Fascist Barrier, it was never located >>> anywhere near >>> here but bits of it turn up all over the place >> >> >> >> 'Anti Fascist Barrier' - was that the DDR term for what we call the >> "Berlin Wall"? >> >> >>> A truly east German bird, although Berlin is only 90 minutes from >>> here on the >>> train these birds are never seen around Hannover. >>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/dm-sharp/image-80370.html >> >> >> >> To answer your question, it's a Hooded Crow in English. Similar in >> appearance to our Black-billed Magpie. >> >> --Glenn >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com