[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

This is an ecumenical thread, dealing with Protestants, Catholics and Jews. Not to mention a Kennedy update.

I thought I had posted an article about Pastor Niemoeller early in the year, but I couldn’t find anything in the archives so perhaps I am mistaken. The WWI U-boat commander’s “de luxe” accommodations during his seven years in the care of the German security apparatus were in Sachsenhausen at first and later at Dachau. He survived the war and lived until 1984, when he died at age 92. Quite a tough character.

Today he is best known for a poem that is generally attributed to him.

"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up."

[BroJoeK]

"With the Arc Royal completed the navy has seven aircraft carriers in service and five more building. With the Admiralty's decision to develop its own air fleet until it becomes a striking arm of the first magnitude, these carriers immediately assume the importance almost equal to that of a battleship."

Do I read this correctly? Are they saying that in 1938, 12 (!!) aircraft carriers are considered of "importance almost equal to that of A battleship"?

Do the Brits really think they have 12 carriers to equal ONE battleship? And if the NY Times' syntax is just a bit garbled here, and they really mean to say, that EACH carrier "almost equals" a battleship, isn't that astonishing enough?

I had no idea the Brits had 12 carriers in service or building in 1938. You have to wonder, if they were "almost equal" to a battleship, why build so many?

British Illustrious class carriers

[Former Proud Canadian]

See you all at the Hotel New Yorker. That $10 cover is kind of steep but looks like a good value since you get Tommy Dorsey AND supper. Plus, they haven’t increased the drink prices.

[CougarGA7]

The article on Yugoslavia caught my eye (probably because I just finished reading “The Forgotten 500”) and I did some searching. I can’t find any record of the Italians turning over Zara (Zadar) to Yugoslavia. In fact I did find mention that the Itailians had 9,000 troops stationed there to help the Nazis take it over in ‘41 so I’m betting this deal did not go through.

[PeterPrinciple]

Hitler ordered the national anthem slowed? The details the “leader” involved himself in is amazing. Correlation to today?

[PeterPrinciple]

Hitler ordered the national anthem slowed? The details the “leader” involved himself in is amazing. Correlation to today?

[mowowie]

It seems that skiing into Trees etc is a generational thing for the Kennedys.

[mowowie]

Imagine the clientele you would attract if you opened a joint called “The Game Cock” nowadays, LOL.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

In the sad story about the little girl not being allowed to be buried in the Catholic cemetery because her family was no longer Catholic, it is fascinating to see the Nazis associating with a minority group (protestants in Styria), using their ‘victimization’ to advance against a political opponent, in this case the Austrian Catholics.

[DouglasKC]

It's very interesting to see the posturing of countries like Great Britain in the lead up to the war. Lot's of information about military capabilities, etc., all intended as propaganda I assume to make statement to Germany.

Also I never knew the happenings of the Kennedys was news so far back. Ol' smuggler Joe must have had quite a bit of influence.