Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >