tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post1138482916927204837..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Ivano-Frankivsk in balmy summer weatherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-15609723189297143932018-06-12T23:57:40.141+03:002018-06-12T23:57:40.141+03:00"Eastern Europe ceased to be the familiar eth..."Eastern Europe ceased to be the familiar ethnic mosaic and became a series of Procrustean nation states." Question is, now that we are in bombarded with the 'tolerance' and 'diversity' training, I really wonder whether that is that something to cherish. It does create tremendous tensions, no matter the propaganda, and ultimately, it makes one more isolated, both ethic peoples and transplants.I noticed that you place the fate of the Jewish minorities at the center of your notes about Ukraine. Pity, not everything is about the Jews. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-57907928202879469052018-06-06T11:17:01.480+03:002018-06-06T11:17:01.480+03:00Excellent review.
I'll put it on my bucket lis...Excellent review.<br />I'll put it on my bucket list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-33710366317921601172018-06-06T10:34:04.030+03:002018-06-06T10:34:04.030+03:00They are not responsible for the deeds of their gr...They are not responsible for the deeds of their grandfathers - who were themselves lied to. Mr Hitler did indeed to starve many of the Ukrainians to death and keep the rest as slaves - but "Stalin" had already done this (so many millions of Slavs had already been murdered by the Marxists), and it was too horrible for many people to understand that the socialists Hitler and "Stalin" were essentially the same - some people looked desperately at the National Socialist Adolf Hitler for help (like a drowning man clutching at a SNAKE). The message was "help murder the Jews and we, the Nazis, will help you" - it was a lie, and it was a wicked lie. But some desperate people believed it. As you say - had the National Socialists won they would have turned on the very people who had helped them. There is also an old history here - the Ukrainian Cossacks had risen against the Poles centuries before (that Hollywood whitewash film "Taras Bulba") - they promised the Polish civilians that if they let them (the Cossacks) into the towns they would only murder the Jews, the Poles let them in. But then the Cossacks did not "just" murder the Jews - they murdered the Poles as well (on the ground that they were Catholics - not Orthodox Christians). Someone who says "help me - I only intend to murder X group" is not to be trusted. Still everyone (the murdered and the murderers) is dead now - they all face the final judgement. Those people who are alive are NOT to be blamed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-14748877341066235062018-06-06T10:13:10.108+03:002018-06-06T10:13:10.108+03:00Yes - Mr Hitler intended to starve many of the Sla...Yes - Mr Hitler intended to starve many of the Slavs (including the Ukrainians) to death, and make slaves of the rest. One can not understand the self destructive mania of the modern German establishment without understanding the utterly evil nature of the National Socialist regime that the German establishment is reacting against. I think that Austria is more mentally stable - contrary to what is often said most Austrians do NOT deny the terrible crimes of the past, but they have not been driven mad by them either. There is much less of a "our forefathers committed crimes of terrible evil - therefore we must destroy ourselves now" (it is the second part of this statement that is wrong - not the first part), attitude in Austria. As for the Ukrainians in this town now - no one (no Jew or Pole - or anyone) should begrudge them the town they have lived in all their lives. It is their town now - and they have my best wished, they are not responsible for what their fathers (indeed now their grandfathers) did. God bless the people living in the town now - and their children, and may the souls of those people murdered in the past be safe in the hands of God.Paul Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376632035812989444noreply@blogger.com