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To: jwalburg

He's one of my heroes. I'm as German-American as you can get and a Lutheran to boot. ;)

My other hero is Irene Gut Opdyke. She was a Polish girl who saved many Jews from the Nazis. Her book is "In My Hands." A very compelling read, if you care to pick it up.


4 posted on 02/04/2006 5:11:20 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks. Sounds interesting. My husband lost relatives in the holocaust.


5 posted on 02/04/2006 5:25:56 PM PST by jwalburg (If I have not seen as far as others, it is because of the giants standing on my shoulders.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

"... virulent anti-Semitism and reawakened militarism ... suicidal summons for war... the timidity of churches when they shrank away from the most severe moral crisis in a thousand years. ..."

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Change Nazi Germany to totalitarian Muslim regimes and this sounds current.

Proud of DB, too. My mom's maiden name was Bockhofer so definitely some German background there.

ann


6 posted on 02/04/2006 5:27:12 PM PST by Cloverfarm (Children are a blessing)
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