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2004-10-23 Europe

Auschwitz victim's book causes a stir in France

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Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-23 2:25:01 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And to think that several of my favourite writers escaped what would have been a certain death under the Nazis and Communists (e.g. Ludwig von Mises and Ayn Rand, who escaped from the Soviet Union through Berlin and I believe France).

That is one of the unseen tragedies of war and tyranny. As everybody always points out, millions of innocent, decent people killed -- but further, hundreds if not thousands of geniuses in countless professions are killed too.

Here is an example: A few years ago I visited an exhibit on amazing wooden furniture from early 20th century Central Europe. The factories producing these pieces of furniture were shut down during WW I. All owners, managers and the huge majority of employees died in the war. No one was left who knew the processes that had been developed in the previous decade. Hence no such furniture was ever made again.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-10-23 9:54:00 AM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2004-10-23 9:54:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A powerful indictment of Vichy France. This is the portion of not so distant history the majority of Frenchmen simply can't recall too well.

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-23 9:58:12 AM|| 2004-10-23 9:58:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 ...while reviving uncomfortable memories of French collaboration with the Nazis

You're kidding? I thought everybody in France was blowing up trains or cutting Nazi sentries throats, like in the movies. Or did most of them join La Resistance after the war?

Posted by tu3031 2004-10-23 1:37:07 PM|| 2004-10-23 1:37:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 They joined the resistance after the war like a lot of SKerry's "Winter Soldiers" were in the Army duringthe Vietnam War (i.e. huge amounts of them are fakers and liars, for political expediency).

Posted by OldSpook 2004-10-23 7:56:41 PM|| 2004-10-23 7:56:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 OldSpook: Do you think that behavior is related to the moral bankruptcy of the current French political system?

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-10-23 10:07:22 PM|| 2004-10-23 10:07:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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