LIBERATION DAY

May 09, 2010 22:07

Hello world.

This is my first entry in my LJ and it has nothing to do with any TV show or fandom at all. It is, rather personal. Since the news media in Germany is not covering this remarkable date - or even mentioning it, i feel it is my responsibility to say some very personal words.

In 1945, on May, 9th, 0016 hours the remnants of the european ( Read more... )

personal, liberation, female heroism

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probablecylon May 23 2010, 17:10:57 UTC
Wow! Thanks for the link to the Woody Guthrie song. In the US, there is no commemmoration at all of the fight against the Nazis in the USSR, much less individual figures, because ever since the close of WWII, right-wing anti-communist propaganda has produced an entirely revisionist narrative in which the US alone, with a little help from the Brits and the Free French, tho' not much, defeated the Axis singlehandedly -- those who wished to continue the US-USSR alliance following the war were defamed, prosecuted, persecuted, driven from positions in the academic and acting communities under the suspicion of being Soviet agents (yes, most of my co-citizens are utterly brain-frakked).

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norwie2010 May 24 2010, 02:34:55 UTC
Glad to be of service. I really like that song, it has a lighthearted melody but a stone cold message ( ... )

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Все отлично сделано! harimuqy July 11 2011, 11:46:21 UTC
Текст перспективный, помещу блог в избранное.
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Re: Все отлично сделано! norwie2010 September 1 2011, 17:17:29 UTC
You're welcome. :)

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Re: Просто блеск! norwie2010 September 1 2011, 17:18:19 UTC
Sorry for the late reply. I glad you enjoyed. History should never be forgotten. :)

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